Party-Voter Linkage in Africa Ghana and Senegal in Comparative Perspective

Parties in Africa are often described as organisationally and programmatically weak. On the other hand, they mobilise substantial numbers of voters at election time. This contradiction provokes an interesting question: How do political parties in Africa relate to the society? How do they mobilise th...

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Main Author: Osei, Anja
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Parties in Africa are often described as organisationally and programmatically weak. On the other hand, they mobilise substantial numbers of voters at election time. This contradiction provokes an interesting question: How do political parties in Africa relate to the society? How do they mobilise their voters and sympathisers, and which strategies do they employ? Anja Osei analyses how parties in Ghana and Senegal adapt to their local context by employing locally embedded strategies
Physical Description:307 p. 33 illus online resource
ISBN:9783531191409