POLS 3000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Rand Mcnally, Party System, American Thinker
11 Sep 2016
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Aristide r. zolberg, the one-party ideology, chapter 2 in creating political order: the party. States of west africa (chicago: rand mcnally, 1966). Zolberg talks about the rise of the one-party ideology in west african states since the end of colonial rule. Uses examples of countries like guinea, sudan, senegal, the ivory coast, ghana and. Mali where the one party ideology is expressed by leaders and politicians in varying degrees. Internal federalism or political decentralization is viewed as a bad thing in many african countries and this shift in ideology is a trend moving throughout all of africa. The idea of a dominant party was already common during the nationalist phase, and after colonial rule ended in many african states this way of thinking became extremely common. Thus, having only one party is almost characteristic of african democracy. With self-government and independence in west africa there also came uncertainty about the vast uncharted territory the leaders of these countries now faced.
