Authoritarian Stability Across Space: The Case of Tanzania

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dc.creatorMakulilo, Alexander B.
dc.date2016-05-09T19:47:41Z
dc.date2016-05-09T19:47:41Z
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T09:11:35Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T09:11:35Z
dc.descriptionThe 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.identifierMakulilo, A.B., 2015. Authoritarian stability across space: the case of Tanzania. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, pp.1-18.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1905
dc.identifier10.1007/s12286-015-0255-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1905
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer Link
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectAuthoritarianism
dc.subjectZanzibar
dc.subjectElections
dc.titleAuthoritarian Stability Across Space: The Case of Tanzania
dc.typeJournal Article

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