In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed,
governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things Fell Apart …

Why do strong opposition party organizations emerge in some democratizing countries,
while those in others remain weak or quickly fragment on ethnic lines? From Protest to …

Zambia's 2006 election was won by incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa and his
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). However, it is argued here that the most …

This book transforms our contemporary understanding of the recent political history of
Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917-1983), the …

Institutionalization has become a paramount concept to compare party systems in regions
spanned by the third wave of democratization. Based on raw electoral data from 30 sub …

Kenneth Kaunda, the United States and Southern Africa carefully examines US policy
towards the southern African region between 1974, when Portugal granted independence to …

What will be the long-term consequences on the political economy of Zambia of the short-
lived boom in the prices of copper and cobalt, which lasted approximately five years from …

Presidents have access to a range of resources unavailable to challengers, and often the
most important are derived from control of the state. This allows incumbents to build more …

I once served on the same faculty as Eleanor Searle and John Benton; they shared their
knowledge of medieval history with me and in return I taught them about Africa. In keeping …

This article examines Zambia's engagement with the Middle East conflict from 1964–73 as a
window into the political strategies and ideological ambitions of Kaunda's government in the …