Download full text
(278.5Kb)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-371337
Exports for your reference manager
How ethnic are African parties really? Evidence from Francophone Africa
[journal article]
Abstract Though African party systems are said to be ethnic, there is little evidence for this claim. The few empirical studies rarely rely on individual data and are biased in favour of Anglophone Africa. This paper looks at four Francophone countries, drawing on representative survey polls. Results reveal ... view more
Though African party systems are said to be ethnic, there is little evidence for this claim. The few empirical studies rarely rely on individual data and are biased in favour of Anglophone Africa. This paper looks at four Francophone countries, drawing on representative survey polls. Results reveal that ethnicity matters, but that its impact is generally rather weak and differs with regard to party systems and individual parties. ‘Ethnic parties’ in the strict sense are virtually absent. In particular, the voters’ location seems more important than ethnic affiliation. Other determinants such as regional ties, elite strategies, cross-cutting cleavages, and rational preferences deserve more attention in the future study of voting behaviour in Africa.... view less
Keywords
French-speaking Africa; party; ethnicity; regionalism; party system; voting behavior; Africa
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
voting intentions
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 5-24
Journal
International Political Science Review, 33 (2012) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512110391770
ISSN
1460-373X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.