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| Title: | Against all odds: opposition political parties in Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Editor: | Solomon, Hussein |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 261 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Democracy in Africa series |
| City of publisher: | Johannesburg |
| Publisher: | KMM Review |
| ISBN: | 0620476001; 9780620476003 |
| Geographic terms: | Southern Africa Botswana Lesotho Mauritius Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland - Eswatini Zambia Zimbabwe |
| Subjects: | opposition parties political opposition democracy State-society relationship |
| Abstract: | This book assembles contributions from a number of prominent scholars in Southern Africa and Mauritius, who share the experiences of their respective countries with respect to opposition parties and the many challenges in their attempts to function effectively. Common experience in the region is the tendency of ruling parties to grow increasingly arrogant, centralizing power, failing to distinguish between party and State interests and ignoring constructive criticism from the opposition and broader civil society. Contributions address the key problems that confront opposition political parties in their respective countries, including such issues as why political parties in the region are generally weak and fragmented, how they relate to their constituents, articulate their interests to the media and examine the challenges due to State repression or internal weaknesses. Country case-studies include: Botswana (1965-2010), Lesotho (1993-2007), Mauritius (1982-2010), Mozambique (1994-2009), Namibia (1989-2009), South Africa (1994-2009), Swaziland, Zambia (2001-2008), and Zimbabwe (1995-2008). [ASC Leiden abstract] |
