Hegemony, dominance or weak opposition?: the partisan situation on the eve of South Africa’s second election campaign

Robert Mattes; Helen Taylor; Cherrel Africa

Hegemony, dominance or weak opposition? the partisan situation on the eve of South Africa’s second election campaign

Robert Mattes, Helen Taylor, Cherrel Africa

Politics

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Abstract

As South Africa headed into a campaign for its second democratic election, the only real qustion in the eyes of most political commentators and analysts seemed to be the size of the victory that lay in store for the governing African National congress. Would it manage to repeat its 1994 total of 62 pecent of the vote? Would it go even further and capture a two-thirds majority, enabling it to change the country's new constitution at will?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-19
Number of pages	19
Journal	Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
Volume	38
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

South African politics
partisanship

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Hegemony, dominance or weak opposition? the partisan situation on the eve of South Africa’s second election campaign

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SANES: South African National Election Study

CNEP: Comparative National Elections Project

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Hegemony, dominance or weak opposition? the partisan situation on the eve of South Africa’s second election campaign

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SANES: South African National Election Study

CNEP: Comparative National Elections Project

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