2014/06/01 by Denis Kadima · 44 citations
Social Sciences · #International Development and Aid #Political Conflict and Governance #Politics and Society in Latin America #Cohesion (chemistry) #Politics #Corporate governance #Political science #Political economy #Economic system #Sociology #Economics #Law #Management
paper · pdf · doi:10.20940/jae/2014/v13i1a1
published in Journal of African Elections 13(1), 1-24
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There is a gradual emergence of a body of knowledge about the factors that stimulate the formation, survival and disintegration of party alliances and coalitions in Africa. What is relatively less known is the impact of these alliances and coalitions on various aspects of political and governance systems in African countries. This article is a modest step towards explaining the effects of party alliances and coalitions on national cohesion and party systems in Africa's socially-divided states.