03430oam 2200781I 450 991045095570332120200520144314.01-135-29717-71-280-15582-50-203-98964-310.4324/9780203989647 (CKB)1000000000254371(EBL)235080(OCoLC)299570334(SSID)ssj0000108234(PQKBManifestationID)11139130(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108234(PQKBWorkID)10016617(PQKB)10903178(MiAaPQ)EBC235080(PPN)198464002(Au-PeEL)EBL235080(CaPaEBR)ebr10093584(CaONFJC)MIL15582(OCoLC)61262061(OCoLC)826516397(EXLCZ)99100000000025437120180331d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe awkward embrace one-party domination and democracy /edited by Hermann Giliomee and Charles SimkinsFirst edition.Cape Town, South Africa :Tafelberg,1999.1 online resource (388 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-5702-373-3 90-5702-374-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Paradox10 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; 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.TotalitarianismCase studiesDemocracyCross-cultural studiesPolitical partiesSouth AfricaPolitical partiesTaiwanPolitical partiesMexicoPolitical partiesMalaysiaElectronic books.TotalitarianismDemocracyPolitical partiesPolitical partiesPolitical partiesPolitical parties321.8321.9Giliomee Hermann Buhr1938-242678Simkins C. E. W(Charles Edward Wickens)897803MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450955703321The awkward embrace2005891UNINA