Basedau, Matthias; Stroh, Alexander - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2008
The institutionalization of political parties is said to be important for democratic development, but its measurement … has remained a neglected area of research. We understand the institutionalization of political organizations as progress … of the Institutionalization of Parties (IIP), which we apply to 28 African political parties. The IIP uses extensive GIGA …