Political Parties and Democracy

Political Parties and Democracy: Volume IV: Africa and Oceania is the fourth volume in this five-volume set. It offers clearly written up-to-date coverage of the political parties of these two regions from the unique perspective of distinguished indigenous scholars who have lived the truths they tell and thus write with unique breadth depth and scope. Presented in two parts this volume overviews African parties then discusses the realities on the ground in Cameroon Kenya Namibia Nigeria and South Africa. The book offers an introduction to the political parties of Oceania followed by chapters on Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoa and the Solomon Islands. Throughout contributors explore the relationship between political parties and democracy (or democratization) in their respective nations providing necessary historical socioeconomic and institutional context and clarifying the balance of power among partiesand between them and competing agencies of powertoday.