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Dafflon, Bernard; Hugounenq, Réjane; Madiès, Thierry

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“…Hicken, 2009). Reliable data is, however, not generally available for Africa (See the restricted sample of Dafflon et al, 2012).…”

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Nationalized incumbents and regional challengers

Wahman

2015

Party Politics

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The African party literature, especially research prescribing to the long-dominant ethnic voting thesis, has asserted that African party systems exhibit low levels of party nationalization. However, systematic research on nationalization across parties and party systems is still lacking. This study argues that the prospects for building nationalized parties vary substantially between incumbent and opposition parties. Incumbent parties, with their access to state resources, have been successful in creating nationwide operations, even in countries where geographical factors have been unfavorable and where ethnic fractionalization is high. The analysis utilizes a new data set of disaggregate election results for 26 African countries to calculate nationalization scores for 77 parties and study the correlates of party nationalization. The results show that factors like ethnic fractionalization, the size of the geographical area, and urbanization affect party nationalization, but only in the case of opposition parties. Incumbent parties, on the other hand, generally remain nationalized despite unfavorable structural conditions.

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“…Hicken, 2009). Reliable data is, however, not generally available for Africa (See the restricted sample of Dafflon et al, 2012).…”

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“…Generally, the problems of decentralization are well known. Scholars have found, for example, that decentralization has not reached its theoretically purported benefits because of political and bureaucratic resistances from the centre (Crook, ), recentralization (Wunsch, ), lack of local capacity (Fiszbein, ), inadequate transfer of responsibilities and resources (unfunded mandates) (Andersson, Gibson, & Lehoucq, ) and gap between rhetoric and implementation (Dafflon, Hugounenq, & Madiès, ; Gaynor, ). Despite mixed empirical record, decentralization remains a popular policy partly because, rightly or wrongly, it invokes notions of democracy, improved delivery of government services and economic development (Eaton, Kaiser, & Smoke, ).…”

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The conundrum between political and sectoral decentralizations: The case of Cameroon

Ofoulhast-Othamot

2018

Development Policy Review

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In recent years, alongside implementation of “traditional” decentralization policies, sectoral decentralization experiments in natural resources management have taken place worldwide, mainly under the justification of improving resource conservation and rural development. In the Congo basin, for instance, the epicentre of Africa's tropical rainforests, Cameroon has been engaged in these dual processes of devolution of power to municipalities and municipal involvement in the forestry sector. Drawing on the case of the first municipal forest governance experiment in Cameroon, the article argues that the lack of co‐ordination between the political and sectoral decentralizations is undermining the foundation for effective, democratic and accountable municipal and environmental governance. The case provides useful policy recommendations for donors supporting the global emergence of municipal government capacity.

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