Political Transition without Transformation
The Dialectic of Liberalization without Democratization in Kenya and Zambia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2431484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shadrack Wanjala Nasong''O, Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o (corresponding author), Shadrack Wanjala Nasong'O |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-107 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/arw.2005.0126 |
| OpenAlex | W2109248166 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
The decade from 1990 to 2000 saw a total of seventy-eight top leadership elections involving forty-three of the forty-eight sub-Saharan African countries. Of these, only twenty-one elections led to power transition from an incumbent to an opposition political party in nineteen countries. Paradoxically, even where there was such transition, authoritarian tendencies persisted. Focusing on Kenya and Zambia, this article argues and seeks to demonstrate that the limited number of transitions from an incumbent regime to an opposition party and the persistence of authoritarianism are a function of political liberalization without democratization of political institutions and rules of the political game
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Dialectic · Economic system · Economics · Liberalization · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Transition (genetics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |