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Authoritarian Stability Across Space: The Case of Tanzania

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dc.creator Makulilo, Alexander B.
dc.date 2016-05-09T19:47:41Z
dc.date 2016-05-09T19:47:41Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T09:11:35Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T09:11:35Z
dc.identifier Makulilo, A.B., 2015. Authoritarian stability across space: the case of Tanzania. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, pp.1-18.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1905
dc.identifier 10.1007/s12286-015-0255-8
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1905
dc.description The end of the Cold War witnessed the proliferation of competitive authoritarian regimes in the third world and more particularly in Africa. Levitsky and Way, the founders of the concept “competitive authoritarianism”, maintain that although elections have regularly been held, their typical feature remains a blending of competition with varying degrees of authoritarianism. Yet, in their competitive authoritarianism trajectories, the United Republic of Tanzania is considered stable authoritarian. This article advances two arguments: (a) Tanzania, as a union of two countries, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, exhibits a case where organisational party strength varies across territory, thereby affecting electoral competitiveness and manipulation by the ruling regime, and (b) as a consequence, Levitsky and Way do not effectively capture the linkage and leverage factors concerning Tanzania.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer Link
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Authoritarianism
dc.subject Zanzibar
dc.subject Elections
dc.title Authoritarian Stability Across Space: The Case of Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article


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