FROM ONE-PARTY TO MULTI-PARTY SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA Cover Image

NUO VIENPARTINĖS DAUGIAPARTINĖS SISTEMOS LINK : TANZANIJOS IR ZAMBIJOS ATVEJAI
FROM ONE-PARTY TO MULTI-PARTY SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA

Author(s): Ernesta Visockytė
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: NUO VIENPARTINĖS DAUGIAPARTINĖS SISTEMOS LINK : TANZANIJOS IR ZAMBIJOS ATVEJAI; FROM ONE-PARTY TO MULTI-PARTY SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIA AND ZAMBIA

Summary/Abstract: In the last decade of twentieth century the third wave of democratization caused transition in many of Sub-Saharan African countries. This research studies the role of Tanzania’s and Zambia’s political parties along with the effectiveness of democracy and institutionalization process in transition. The transition of African countries is not a fast overturning process. Today most of those countries stay in the frame of the second (transformation) and the third (democratic consolidation) levels of transition. The results of institutionalization research of party system showed that Tanzania‘s party system is assigned to medium level of institutionalization and pertain to transitional stage. Zambia‘s party system is assigned to medium-low level of institutionalization and pertain to the category of weakly formed party system. Tanzania and Zambia have not reached the full democratic consolidation yet. Therefore democracy process slowup reasons put the countries in the semi-democracy and grey zone category.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 123-138
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Lithuanian