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Parties in chains: do ethnic party bans in Africa promote peace?
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Abstract Since the sweeping (re)introduction of multiparty systems in the early 1990s, almost all sub-Saharan countries have introduced legal provisions to ban ethnic or other identity-based particularistic parties. Altogether, 12 countries have actually banned political parties on these grounds. In theoreti... mehr
Since the sweeping (re)introduction of multiparty systems in the early 1990s, almost all sub-Saharan countries have introduced legal provisions to ban ethnic or other identity-based particularistic parties. Altogether, 12 countries have actually banned political parties on these grounds. In theoretical terms, such bans can exclude particularism from politics but - contrary to public discourse - also run the risk of forcing groups to resort to violent means or of becoming an object of conflict themselves. Empirically speaking, hardly any general patterns in the effects of bans can be detected. A closer look at 12 politically relevant bans in six countries reveals an initially stabilizing impact in one case (Rwanda in 1994). A ban on a religious party in Kenya in 1993 triggered violent conflict. In cases such as Equatorial Guinea (1994) and Rwanda (2001, 2003), this regulatory measure, allegedly designed to promote peace, seems to be part of the 'menu of manipulation' and is abused to suppress the opposition.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Afrika südlich der Sahara; Partei; Parteiverbot; Ethnizität; ethnische Gruppe; Minderheit; religiöse Partei; ethnischer Konflikt; Parteiensystem; Partikularismus; Auswirkung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
ethnic parties; sub-Saharan Africa
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2011
Seitenangabe
S. 205-222
Zeitschriftentitel
Party Politics, 17 (2011) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068810391148
ISSN
1460-3683
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung
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