Tables page xiii
Abstract xvii
Acknowledgments xix
1 Comparative Politics and Political Parties in Africa 1
Harbingers of Evil? Ethnic Parties and Democracy 2
International Party Assistance and Ethnic Parties 4
Fighting Ghosts? Political Science and African Parties 5
Filling in the Gaps 7
The Structure of the Book 8
2 A New Framework of Comparison for Political Parties 11
On the Study of Political Parties 12
Party Typologies in the Western World 12
Party Typologies Outside the Western World 18
Party Typologies in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and
Asia 20
Party Typologies in Africa 22
Toward a New Framework of Comparison 26
The Operationalization of the Amended Diamond and Gunther
Typology 30
Party Goals 31
Electoral Strategy 32
Organizational Structure 33
Social Base 34
Aggregation 37
Toward Empirical Research 38
Comparative Politics and the Diamond and Gunther Typology 41
3 Kenya: The Ubiquity of Ethnic Parties 43
One-Party Rule and the Rise of Ethnic Cleavage Lines 46
Observation Period 1 51
FORD-Kenya: The Enduring Logic of Ethnic Politics 51
FORD-Asili: The Prisoners of Dr. Kenneth Matiba 57
The Democratic Party: In the Shadows of GEMA 59
The Kenyan African National Union: Entering the
Democratic Age 61
Observation Period 2 67
FORD-Kenya: From Alliance to Mono-Ethnic Party 67
The National Development Party: FORD-K’s Former Luo
Wing 70
The Democratic Party: The Beneficiaries of FORD-A’s
Collapse 72
The Social Democratic Party: Toward Kamba Unity 73
The Kenyan African National Union 75
Observation Period 3 79
The National Alliance Rainbow Coalition 79
KANU, the Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya, and the
Orange Democratic Movement 88
Kenya After the 2007 Elections 93
Political Parties in Africa: Findings from Kenya 95
4 Namibia: The Dominance of Nonethnic Parties 100
Apartheid, Ethnic Cleavage Lines, and Political Parties 101
Observation Period 1 104
The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance and the Democratic
Age 105
The South West African People’s Organization 110
Observation Period 2 113
The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance Falls Apart 113
SWAPO Extending the SWAPO Kingdom 117
Observation Period 3 121
The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance and Its Disintegration 121
SWAPO: The Legacy of the Nujoma Succession 124
Observation Period 4 129
The Rise and Fall of the Congress of Democrats 130
SWAPO and Pohamba 133
Namibia After the 2009 Elections 135
Political Parties in Africa: Findings from Namibia 135
5 Ghana: The Ubiquity of Nonethnic Parties 140
The First Three Republics, Ethnic Cleavage Lines, and Political
Parties 141
Observation Period 1 143
The New Patriotic Party: In the Footsteps of the PP 144
The National Democratic Congress: A Dictator Elected 150
Observation Period 2 153
The New Patriotic Party: Generation Kufuor 153
The National Democratic Congress: A Dictator Reelected 157
Observation Period 3 159
The New Patriotic Party in Power 159
The National Democratic Congress Falling Apart 163
Observation Period 4 167
The New Patriotic Party in Its Second Term 167
The National Democratic Congress and Rawlings’ Long
Shadow 171
Ghana after the 2008 Elections 173
Political Parties in Africa: Findings from Ghana 175
6 The Diversity of African Party Politics 179
Political Parties in Kenya, Namibia, and Ghana 180
Variation Within Countries: Some Observations 183
African Parties and Political Ideology: Some Observations 186
Toward a New Framework of Comparison for African
Parties 187
Motive of Formation 188
Rhetoric 188
Electoral Rhetoric 188
Ideology/Manifesto Content 189
National Coverage 189
Party Factions 189
Party Apparatus 190
Leadership Composition 190
Cabinet Composition 190
Party Divergence Scores and Party Nationalization Scores 191
Verification of Results: Preliminary Evidence from Additional
Cases 192
Tanzania 193
The Chama Cha Mapinduzi 193
The Civic United Front 195
CHADEMA 196
Botswana 197
The Botswana Democratic Party 197
The Botswana National Front 198
Senegal 199
Parti Socialiste 200
The Parti D´emocratique S´en´egalais 201
Malawi 202
The Malawi Congress Party 203
The United Democratic Front 204
The Alliance for Democracy 206
The Democratic Progressive Party 207
Burkina Faso 208
The Congr`es pour le D´emocratie et le Progr`es 208
The Rassemblement D´emocratique Africain – l’Alliance pour
la D´emocratie et la F´ed´eration 209
Zambia 210
The Movement for Multiparty Democracy 210
The United National Independence Party 212
The Patriotic Front 213
Benin 214
The Parti Social-D´emocrate 215
The Parti du Renoveau D´emocratique 215
The Front d’Action pour le Renouveau et le D´eveloppement 217
Alliance pour une Dynamique D´emocratique, l’Union pour le
B´enin du Future, and Forces Cauris pour un B´enin
Emergent 218
Summary of the Preliminary Cases 218
Political Party Types in Africa 221
7 Explaining the Formation of Nonethnic Parties 223
Variance Between Countries 224
Economic Variables 224
Electoral Systems and Political Parties 234
Electoral Systems and Parties in Kenya, Ghana, and Namibia 235
Democracy and Political Parties 238
The Legal Dimension: Party Laws and Political Parties 240
Political Parties and the Type of Independence Movement 241
Ghana: The United Front 243
Kenya: Ethnic Disunity from the Start 246
Comparing African Independence Movements 248
Ethnic Fractionalization and Political Parties 250
Scenario 1: Balancing 252
Scenario 2: Bandwagoning 252
Core Groups and Political Parties: Empirical Evidence 253
Verification of Hypothesis with Preliminary Cases 255
Toward a Theory of the Formation of Ethnic Parties 259
Conclusion: Political Parties in Africa 261
The Emergence of Nonethnic Politics 261
African Political Parties: The Main Argument 262
African Parties and Democratic Consolidation 264
Future Research on (African) Parties 267
Strange Bedfellows: Academic Research and International Party
Assistance 269
Comparative Politics and African Parties 272
Annex A: Operationalization of Secondary Party Types 275
Annex B: The Standard MRG Coding Frame 276
Annex C: Number of Effective Programmatic Categories 280
Annex D: Summary of Party Nationalization Scores (PNS) and
Party Divergence Scores (PDS) 281
Annex E: Result for MRG Coding Scheme 284
Annex F: PNS Calculated on the Basis of Afrobarometer Data 285
Annex G: Scope of Party Systems Covered 287
Annex H: Party Nationalization Scores (PNS) of the Preliminary
Cases 288
Bibliography 291
Index 317
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评分这本书的讨论深度在一些具体议题上达到了令人惊叹的程度。我最欣赏的是其对“政党财政”和“外部干预”这两个隐形因素的揭示。在许多研究中,政党的意识形态和群众基础往往是焦点,但本书却勇敢地将聚光灯投向了那些“看不见”的资金流向和国际关系网络是如何实质性地塑造了非洲政党的行为模式和生存逻辑。例如,关于冷战后国际援助机构对地方政党建构的影响分析,就揭示了一种新的、微妙的依附关系——政党为了获取资源,不得不调整其内部结构和政策倾向,从而在“民主”的口号下,演化出适应新的全球政治经济格局的生存策略。这种对“次级结构”的关注,避免了将非洲政治简单地归咎于“腐败”或“文化惰性”的肤浅批判,而是提供了一种更具结构性的解释。阅读到这些章节时,我常常需要停下来,反复琢磨作者的论证链条,因为它挑战了我先前对于“主权政党”的理解。
评分阅读过程中,我发现这本书的叙事节奏把握得相当精妙,它不像很多学术著作那样枯燥乏味,反而像是在讲述一个宏大而又充满戏剧性的史诗。作者似乎非常擅长在宏观的历史脉络与微观的案例研究之间进行无缝切换,这种叙事手法极大地增强了可读性。比如,在探讨某个特定国家政党形成的关键转折点时,作者没有仅仅罗列时间节点和条约文本,而是深入挖掘了那些关键人物的个人抉择和背后的权力博弈,使得抽象的政治学概念变得有血有肉,仿佛能让人“看到”那些历史现场。我特别喜欢它对“族群政治”这一敏感议题的处理方式——它没有落入二元对立的俗套,而是非常细腻地展示了族群认同是如何被政治精英们策略性地动员和重塑的,这显示出作者深厚的田野调查功底和对复杂现实的深刻洞察。这种深入肌理的分析,让我对长期以来被简单标签化的非洲政治现实,有了一种更为复杂和立体化的认知。与其说我在读一本政治学著作,不如说我在跟随一位经验丰富的历史学家,探索一条错综复杂的人类文明路径。
评分这本书的封面设计非常引人注目,那种深沉的靛蓝色调,配上略显粗犷的字体,立刻就营造出一种严肃而厚重的学术氛围。我拿到手时,首先就被它的装帧质量所吸引,纸张的触感很扎实,拿在手里分量十足,显然是下了一番功夫的出版物。尽管我个人对非洲政治史的了解仅限于一些宏观的叙述,但光是翻阅目录和前言,就能感受到作者在梳理这一复杂主题时所展现出的那种近乎偏执的严谨性。那些引用的文献列表简直是一座小型的知识宝库,横跨了历史学、社会学甚至人类学多个领域,这让我对接下来的阅读内容充满了期待。我尤其欣赏作者在开篇就提出的那个核心论点——关于非洲政党制度的“内生性”与“外源性”张力,这个视角一下子就拔高了这本书的理论高度,让它不再是简单的区域政治编年史,而更像是一次深刻的结构性批判。我期待作者能够用这种跨学科的视野,去解构那些看似坚不可摧的政治同盟和意识形态的表象,探究其背后深层次的社会经济驱动力。我希望这本书能提供给我一种全新的框架,来理解非洲大陆上那些变幻莫测的政治光谱,而不是仅仅停留在对特定国家领导人更迭的描述上。
评分总而言之,这本书带来的阅读体验是多层次的、持续激发的。它不仅为我提供了一套理解非洲政党政治演变的严谨工具箱,更重要的是,它激发了我对政治权力本质的重新思考。这本书的文字风格虽然保持了学术的精确性,但在一些关键论断上却闪烁着思想的火花,像是在与一位博学而又充满激情的导师进行一场跨越时空的对话。它没有简单地给出答案,而是提出了一系列极富挑战性的问题,引导读者跳出既有的思维定势。它所构建的世界观是复杂的、灰色的,正如同现实中的政治一样,没有绝对的善恶,只有不断适应和重组的权力机制。坦白说,这本书需要投入相当的专注力,但所获得的回报是巨大的——它让你对非洲政治的认知,从平面图升级成了立体沙盘,每一个细节都充满了运作的逻辑和历史的张力。我确信,这本书将会在我的书架上占据一个非常重要的位置,时不时地被我重新翻阅,以检验我最新的思考是否又被它所超越。
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