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Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that party systems affect democracy in Africa in ways that are unexpectedly different from the relation between party systems and democracy observed elsewhere.

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Renske Doorenspleet is Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, and Director of the Centre for Studies in Democratization at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Her work on democratization, political institutions and Africa has been published in e.g. W orld Politics, the European Journal of Political Research, Acta Politica, Democratization, and in the International Political Science Review. Lia Nijzink is a political scientist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She has worked in teaching, capacity building and research with various South African and African organizations, including the University of Cape Town, the National Assembly of Nigeria and the Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party Democracy. She edited One-Party Dominance in African Democracies with Renske Doorenspleet, (2013).

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