| Autor: |
Bwalya, John, Kapesa, Robby, Sichone, Owen B |
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Journal of Asian & African Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.); Feb2024, Vol. 59 Issue 1, p106-122, 17p |
| Abstrakt: |
Based on a Zambian case study of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), this paper applies the behavioural theory of party competition to explain how, through vote-seeking and office-seeking strategies, political parties may employ rapacious predatory co-optation of members from competing political parties as a mobilisation strategy. The paper concludes that in the absence of a dominant political party, parties and political elites may resort to predation to bolster their electoral fortunes. While predatory co-optation may strengthen some parties, it also weakens others and undermines or reverses party system institutionalisation and vertical accountability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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