TY - BOOK AU - De Jager,Nicola AU - Du Toit,Pierre TI - Friend or foe?: dominant party systems in Southern Africa : insights from the developing world SN - 9789280812206 (pbk.) PY - 2013/// CY - Tokyo, New York PB - United Nations University Press KW - 20150300 KW - Democracia KW - África del Sur KW - Paises en desarrollo KW - Political parties KW - Africa, Southern KW - Developing countries KW - Democracy KW - Comparative government KW - Politics and government KW - 1994- N1 - Published in 2013 in South Africa by UCT Press, an imprint of Juta and Company Ltd; The countries studied are Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, with comparable coverage of four non-African nations: India, Mexico, South Korea, and Taiwan; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Nicola de Jager and Pierre du Toit -- The political costs of privatisation : why democratic and authoritarian dominant parties meet their doom / Kenneth F. Greene -- The dominant party system and democracy : the Congress Party in India / Thiven Reddy -- Transitioning from a dominant party system to multi-party system : the case of South Korea / Joseph Wong -- From authoritarianism to nascent democracy in Taiwan : electoral elements of the Kuomintang-dominant regime / Yun-han Chu and Chung-li Wu -- Interrogating the dominant party system in Botswana / David Sebudubudu and Mokganedi Zara Botlhomilwe -- The politics and resource endowment of party dominance in Namibia : the past as the present and the future? / Andre du Pisani -- South Africa : a democracy in the balance / Nicola de Jager -- Heroes fall, oppressors rise : democratic decay & authoritarianism in Zimbabwe / Annemie Britz and Josephat Tshuma -- Conclusion : resources and the politics of dominant party systems / Pierre du Toit and Nicola de Jager ER -