The Awkward Embrace: One-Part Domination and Democracy in Industrialising CountriesDemocracies 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, The Awkward Embrace studies democracies of a different kind; rule by a dominant party which is virtually immune from defeat. Such systems have been called Regnant or or Uncommon Democracies. They are characterized by distinctive features: the staging of unfree or corrupt elections; the blurring of the lines between government, the ruling party and the state; the introduction of a national project which is seen to be above politics; and the erosion of civil society. This book addresses major issues such as why one such democracy, namely Taiwan, has been moving in the direction of a more competitive system; how economic crises such as the present one in Mexico can transform the system; how government-business relations in Malaysia are affecting the base of the dominant party; and whether South Africa will become a one-party dominant system. |
Contents
A Comparative Assessment | 3 |
2 Stability and Competitiveness in the Political Configurations of SemiDeveloped Countries | 49 |
A BornAgain Dominant Party? The Transformation of the Kuomintang and Taiwans Regime Transition | 63 |
No Easy Stroll to Dominance Party Dominance Opposition and Civil Society in South Africa | 99 |
The Resilience of OneParty Dominance in Malaysia and Singapore | 129 |
Dominant Party and Opposition Parties in Mexico From Crisis to Reform to Crisis | 175 |
Bridge or Bridgehead? Comparing the Party Systems of Botswana Namibia Zimbabwe Zambia and Malawi | 195 |
The Transformation of LaborBased OnePartyism at the End of the 20th Century The Case of Mexico | 221 |
The Mexican Paradox NeoLiberalism and Labor Entrenchment in Mexicos Ruling Party | 247 |
Corporatism as Minority Veto under ANC Hegemony in South Africa | 263 |
Democracy or Democratic Hegemony? The Future of Political Pluralism in South Africa | 283 |
Grassroots Electoral Organizations and Political Reform in the ROC on Taiwan and Mexico | 303 |
Does Democracy Require an Opposition Party? Implications of Some Recent African Experience | 321 |
Conclusion | 339 |
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The Awkward Embrace: One-party Domination and Democracy Hermann Buhr Giliomee,Charles Edward Wickens Simkins No preview available - 1999 |
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