The challenge of public administration reform is well known: Politicians often have little
interest in the efficient implementation of government policy. Using new data from 439 World …

Despite recent research suggesting that African parties engage with substantive issues
more than was previously thought, the nature of issue mobilization and the drivers of …

Many opposition parties in electoral-authoritarian regimes identify as democracy
movements. I ask: what ideologies do they publicly express? The first-glance answer is …

In recent decades election campaigns have shifted their focus from the local to the national
level, increasingly featuring party leaders, labels, and national platforms. Despite this trend …

Names: Lynch, Gabrielle, editor.| VonDoepp, Peter, 1967–editor, author. Title: Routledge
handbook of democratization in Africa/edited by Gabrielle Lynch and Peter VonDoepp …

Este artigo analisa os resultados da reforma política de 2017 no Brasil, que buscou punir
partidos com comportamento fisiológico. O estudo utiliza a abordagem do “centrão 2.0” …

Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa experienced regime change after the thawing of the
cold war. Ghana like other countries in the sub-region, arranged for multiparty elections to …

African political parties have a bad reputation despite the indispensable role they play in
democratization. They are often conceived as personalistic vehicles and as weak …

This dissertation seeks to understand what role opposition parties play in a hybrid regime,
focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. Opposition parties can curtail incumbents' control over the …

En este trabajo se analiza el contenido de la ley de partidos de 18 países de América
Latina, abordando la pregunta de investigación¿ existen derechos, obligaciones o …