This chapter analyses the role, function and ideologies of political parties in selected African states to demonstrate their relevance to democracy in Africa. The intention is also to determine the political strategies, such as leverage and linkages, that political parties employ in order to operate in somewhat limiting political environments, ranging from democracies to electoral authoritarian governments and no-party systems.
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van Wyk, J. A. (2017). Political parties and democracy in Africa. In The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (pp. 485–501). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95232-8_29
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