Research Activities
Research Projects 2024
Presidential Candidate Selection in Dominant Parties in Sub-Saharan Africa
Outline
This is a comparative case study that seeks to identify a mechanism on how presidential candidate selection in dominant parties with regular presidential succession in sub-Saharan Africa has unified party members before general elections and contributed to their long-term rule. Concretely, I will compare the ways in which new presidential candidates were selected in ruling parties in Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa, when incumbent presidents were completing their terms. Then, I will find commonalities and differences across the five cases. Based on these findings, I will propose a mechanism through which presidential candidate selection in dominant parties affects the level of party unity and general elections. Through this examination, I aim to deepen our understanding of dominant-party regimes as one type of democracy.
Period
April 2024 - March 2026
Members
| Role | Member |
|---|---|
| [ Organizer ] | Tsubura, Machiko |
*Affiliations are as of April 2024.
Expected Outcome
- Book published by External Publisher (English)