
Party Systems in Young Democracies
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-Saharan African countries observed between 1966 and 2016, this text explores the causes and mechanisms of Party System Institutionalization (PSI) and its relationship with the processes of mobilization and democratization. Pos...
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-Saharan African countries observed between 1966 and 2016, this text explores the causes and mechanisms of Party System Institutionalization (PSI) and its relationship with the processes of mobilization and democratization. Pos...