introduced bans on ethnic or - in more general terms - particularistic parties. Such party bans have been neglected in research … implementation. -- Sub-Saharan Africa ; party bans ; ethnicity ; conflict ; democracy …, and this paper engages in a preliminary analysis of their effects on democracy and peace. Theoretically, particularistic …

Conventional wisdom holds that ethnicity provides the social cleavage for voting behav-iour and party affiliation in … alignment and even more so for party affiliation, but it is certainly not the only factor. The analysis also points to a number … subgroups do not identify with one particular party, it is difficult to find a significant statistical correlation between party …

It is generally acknowledge that a higher degree of party and party system institutionalisation is positively … correlated with the consolidation of democracy. It is, thus, useful to compare different levels and types of … party institutionalisation will be employed. Moreover, institutionalised party systems are characterized, according to …

Starting from controversial findings about the relationship between party systems and the prospects of democratic … consolidation, this article argues that problems can only be properly addressed on the basis of a differentiated typology of party … systems. Contradictory research results do not pose an "African puzzle" but can be explained by different and inadequate …

parties are reminiscent of the first Indonesian parliamentary democracy of the 1950s. The dynamics of party politics is still … "Philippinisation", which is indicated by the rise of presidential or presidentialised parties, growing intra-party authoritarianism … politischer Parteien erinnern überraschend stark an die erste parlamentarische Demokratie in den 1950er Jahren. Parteipolitische …

The basic patterns of the initial Indonesian party system have reemerged after more than four decades of … this party system. However, in applying the approach, some adjustments have to be made. For instance, the national and … dealignment of parties. -- Indonesia ; party system ; cleavages ; historical analysis …

variance between individual parties and - to a lesser extent - between national aggregates. Further research on party … has remained a neglected area of research. We understand the institutionalization of political organizations as progress … assumed. In addition to illustrating overall deficits in party institutionalization, the IIP highlights an astonishing …