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Funding political parties in emerging African democracies: What role for Norway?

CMI Report | Jan 2002

This report addresses the problem of foreign funding of political parties in newly democratised African states. The report identifies some problems associated ...

In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared

Journal Article | Dec 2010

Democracy assistance programmes have gradually included support for political parties in addition to support for civil society, parliaments and the electoral ...

Democratization, Comparative analysis, Malawi, Zambia

In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared

Book Chapter | Nov 2011

In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi a

Malawi, Zambia

Nepal: A political economy analysis

Report in External Series | Nov 2017

This report is an integrated political economy analysis of Nepal. The main finding is that economic growth and poverty reduction have been steady in Nepal ...

Funding political parties in emerging African democracies: What role for Norway?

Report in External Series | Jan 2001

(Commissioned by Norad)

Donor Support to Political Parties: Status and Principles

CMI Report | Jul 2007

Political parties are indispensable for the functioning of liberal democracies. However, the political parties of many transitional and developing countries ...

Corruption, Political corruption, Politics, Public finance

Political Parties in Bangladesh

Report in External Series | Sep 2014

This study provides an overview of the evolution of political parties since the birth of Bangladesh. It analyses and compares the ideology, organisational ...

Political parties, Bangladesh

Democratic Dynasties? Internal Party Democracy in Bangladesh

Journal Article | Jan 2016

First of all, this paper explores the rationale for internal party democracy, highlighting the ‘school for democracy’ argument. Second, it ...

Intra-party politics, democratization, dynasties, Bangladesh

From dominant to competitive party system: The Zambian experiences 1991-2001

Journal Article | Jan 2004

In this article we analyse the changes in the party system in Zambia in the period 1991 to 2001. Based on changes observed in terms of the number of parties, ...

Political parties, Politics, Africa: Zambia

Opposition Parties and the 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Angola

CMI Working Paper | Aug 2008

Parliamentary elections were held in Angola on 5th September 2008, as the first elections in the country since 1992. There were 138 political parties ...

Angola, Elections, Political Parties, Election System

Globalization and Democratization: Challenges for Political Parties. Essays in Honor of Lars Svåsand

Edited Book | Dec 2007

Globalization challenges existing knowledge about how parties and party systems emerge, operate and change. This is in part a consequence of the globalization ...

Globalization, Democratization, Political parties

Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system re-structuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2005

The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African continent, but the effects of the third term debates on ...

Malawi, Political parties, Party system, Elections

Dynasty or democracy? Party politics in Bangladesh

CMI Brief | Nov 2013

The two major political parties in Bangladesh are dynastic, like other well-known parties in South Asia. Political dynasty means a prominent political ...

Bangladesh

Norwegian Centre for Democracy Support: Evaluation of Political Parties' Cooperation Projects: Norwegian Labour Party Women and Fateh Women, and Socialist Left Party Women and Palestinian Federation for Women's Action

Commissioned Report | Jun 2008

Norwegian Centre for Democracy Support: Evaluation of Political Parties' Cooperation Projects: Norw

Women's rights, Palestine, political parties, Palestine, Norway

Opposition parties and local governance in contemporary Angola and Mozambique: Mechanisms of exclusion and domination

Book Chapter | Apr 2014

The weakness of opposition parties in Africa, as well as the endurance of dominant party and presidentialist regimes, has been explained in a variety ...

Opposition parties, Angola Mozambique

Fissions and Fusions, Foes and Friends

Journal Article | Sep 2007

The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African continent, but the effects of the third term debates on ...

Malawi, political parties, party system, elections

The institutionalisation of the Tanzanian opposition parties: How stable are they?

CMI Report | Jan 2000

In 1992, legislation formally ended the nearly 30 year domination of the one-party state in Tanzania, part of a democratisation wave that appeared to ...

Africa: Tanzania

The Political Parties in Bangladesh: Political Dynasties and Democratisation

Project | Sep 2010 - Dec 2013

In this study of the political parties of Bangladesh we will assess the quality of the political parties and party coalitions along a number of indicators. First, ...

Political parties, good governance, politics, clientelism, political finance, Bangladesh

Institutionalizing the pro-democracy movements: the case of Zambia's movement for multiparty democracy

Journal Article | Nov 2011

In this contribution the challenges of political opposition is addressed through a focus on the problems of institutionalizing parties and party systems ...

democracy, party institutionalization, economic and political liberalization, , sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia

International Assistance for Political Party Development

U4 Issue | Apr 2008

Political party assistance should be a key component of international donors' governance agenda. Efforts to reduce corruption that do not address this ...

political corruption, political parties