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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Harwood Academic Publishers, c1999
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.8; 321.9
• Soggetto topico: Totalitarianism; Democracy; Political parties - South Africa; Political parties - Taiwan; Political parties - Mexico; Political parties - Malaysia
• Altri autori: GiliomeeHermann Buhr <1938-> SimkinsC. E. W (Charles Edward Wickens)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The awkward embrace
• ISBN: 1-135-29716-9; 1-135-29717-7; 1-280-15582-5; 0-203-98964-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812099503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II