1. Democratization Processes and Political Competition in 1990’s Africa: The Cases of Mozambique and Zambia
- Author:
- Fidel Terenciano, Maria Do Socorro Souza Braga, and Carlos Augusto da Silva Souza
- Publication Date:
- 12-2016
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Brazilian Journal of African Studies
- Institution:
- Brazilian Journal of African Studies
- Abstract:
- Democracy and democratization must be understood within its scope, considering the singularities and the contextual aspects of each society. And the democracies of the third wave also contemplate singularities that cannot be measured by the rubble of other contexts. The pretension of the present research is to study democracy and democratization in Mozambique and Zambia considering two elements: the electoral system, its singularities and then the formation and the shape of the party system with its correspondent nuances. Because it is important to analyze the effect of one in relation with the other, we focus our analysis in two aspects: first, the political and electoral competition in both countries, emphasizing to the party fluctuations in the Parliament, and secondly we analyze the electoral competition in the perspective of power alternance, which constitutes one of the dimensions to measure the level of stability of democracies.
- Topic:
- Democratization, Politics, History, and Democracy
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Mozambique, and Zambia