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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450955703321

Titolo

The awkward embrace : one-party domination and democracy / / edited by Hermann Giliomee and Charles Simkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cape Town, South Africa : , : Tafelberg, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-29717-7

1-280-15582-5

0-203-98964-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GiliomeeHermann Buhr <1938->

SimkinsC. E. W (Charles Edward Wickens)

Disciplina

321.8

321.9

Soggetti

Totalitarianism

Democracy

Political parties - South Africa

Political parties - Taiwan

Political parties - Mexico

Political parties - Malaysia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Dominant Party Regimes of South Africa, Mexico, Taiwan and Malaysia: A Comparative Assessment; 2 Stability and Competitiveness in the Political Configurations of Semi Developed Countries Charles Simkins; 3 A Born-Again Dominant Party?; 4 No Easy Stroll to Dominance; 5 The Resilience of One-Party Dominance in Malaysia and Singapore; 6 Dominant Party and Opposition Parties in Mexico; 7 Bridge or Bridgehead?; 8 The Transformation of Labor-Based One-Partyism at the End of the 20th Century; 9 The Mexican Paradox

10 Corporatism as Minority Veto under ANC Hegemony in South Africa11 Democracy or Democratic Hegemony?; 12 Grassroots Electoral Organization and Political Reform in the ROC on Taiwan and Mexico; 13



Does Democracy Require an Opposition Party?; 14 Conclusion; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Democracies derive their resilience and vitality from the fact that the rule of a particular majority is usually only of a temporary nature. By looking at four case studies, this work studies democracies of a different kind: rule by a dominant party which is virtually immune from defeat.