Beschreibung:
Does a ban on ethnic parties help to prevent ethnic conflict? And even if so, is such a ban democratic? This book examines the evidence from Africa, the continent that has the most extensive experience with ethnic party bans.
1. Ethnic party bans in Africa: an introduction 2. Party bans in Africa - an empirical overview 3. Understanding variations in party bans in Africa 4. An effective measure of institutional engineering? Ethnic party bans in Africa 5. Why there is no party ban in the South African constitution 6. Political party bans in Rwanda 1994-2003: three narratives of justification 7. Ethnic party bans and institutional engineering in Nigeria 8. Comparing ethnic party regulation in East Africa 9. Senegal's party system: the limits of formal regulation