South Africa in the Regional Context The Elusiveness of Democratic Consolidation

Ursula van Beek ； Nicola de Jager

《Taiwan Journal of Democracy》 13卷1期 (2017/07) Pp. 1-11

摘要

The first part of this introductory essay sets in context the analyses and findings of an all-African team of researchers dedicated to studying the hurdles standing in the way of the consolidation of democracy in the southern part of the African continent. The key conditions, which according to literature on the subject are necessary for the consolidation of a democracy, are reviewed below with reference to each of the relevant topics explored in this edition of the journal. Collectively, the contributions bring to the fore the similarities and differences between South Africa and three of the country's neighbors: Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. The second part of this essay presents an outline of the shared theoretical framework within which the analyses were conducted.

關鍵字

Democratic consolidation ； path dependency ； political culture, political institutions ； South Africa ； southern Africa

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