The comparative study demonstrates that competitive opposition parties in dominant party systems are rooted in the historical legacy of political cleavages related to de-colonization that precede the third wave of democratization of the 1990s and have survived the instability of post-independence political developments to the present day.
The comparative study demonstrates that competitive opposition parties in dominant party systems are rooted in the historical legacy of political clea...
They argue that the form of state-formation affects the probability for democratization in new states and that the initial regime that state-formation establishes at the time of independence has long-term effects on new states' democratization.
They argue that the form of state-formation affects the probability for democratization in new states and that the initial regime that state-formation...
