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- Explaining the distributional divergence in China and Vietnam
- ( R. Abrami;E. Malesky;Y. Zheng / The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University , 2008)
- This article describes variation in authoritarian institutions by investigating the puzzle of divergent patterns of inequality in China and Vietnam, both high-growth single-party regimes. China‘...
- Representation and local governance in Asia and Pacific region
- ( United Nations Development Programme , 2006)
- This Background Paper is part of a wider UNDP regional initiative that focuses on a number of core issues related to representative systems and local elections. It includes a detailed review of the sy...
- Explaining one-party dominance in Africa
- ( G. Erdmann;M. Basedau / German Institute of Global and Area Studies , 2007)
- This paper provides a classification of Africa’s party systems in order to explain why, contrary to the expectation based on the multi-ethnicity of African societies, is there a dominance of one...
- Does ethnicity explain the voter alignment in Africa?
- ( G. Erdmann / German Institute of Global and Area Studies , 2007)
- Ethnicity as a social cleavage has a prominent place in the understanding of politics in Africa. However, recent research on political parties and ethnicity has challenged the conventional wisdom abou...
- Why are the opposition parties weak in Africa?
- ( L. Rakner;N. van de Walle / Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies , 2007)
- The paper examines opposition parties in contemporary Africa by hypothesising a positive correlation between the progress made on democratic consolidation and the strength of opposition parties in the...
- Does decentralisation always produce welfare-enhancing results?
- ( E. L. Bacerra M / Duke University Library , 2007)
- The literature on decentralisation and democracy does not recognise that the decisions made by politicians at the local level may vary with contextual conditions. They may differ in important ways acr...
- Evolution of UNDP assistance to political parties
- ( United Nations Development Programme , 2007)
- This handbook summarizes the highlights of a discussion on the UNDP’s engagement with political parties. It presents a synthesis of the UNDP experiences and perspectives on the challenges and op...
Party institutionalisation is weak in Africa
- ( M. Basedau;A. Stroh / German Institute of Global and Area Studies , 2008)
- The institutionalisation of political parties is recognised as an important factor for democratic development, but its measurement remains a neglected area of research. This paper seeks to address thi...
- What explains the declining voter turnout in Malawi?
- ( B. Chinsingha / , 2006)
- Voter turnout has been on the decline in Malawi. From a record 93 per cent in the 1999 general elections, it tumbled to 59 per cent in 2004. In 2000 local government elections, it was just 14 per cent...
- Does ethnicity determine voting behaviour?
- ( G Erdmann / German Institute of Global and Area Studies , 2007)
- This paper attempts to identify factors which might explain partisan alignment and party affiliation in competitive African multi-party regimes. Based on an opinion survey in Zambia, the paper challen...
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