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Why do voters in mature democracies such as Japan, Canada, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Australia keep re-electing the same party, even though there are reasonable alternatives on offer? It’s understandable that black South Africans give the African National Congress (ANC) landslide win after landslide win since the alternatives are minnow parties or those connected with the old white regime. But what enables national parties in many mature democracies to dominate politics and government while retaining the consent of the losers?
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© 2012 Françoise Boucek
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Boucek, F. (2012). The Theory of One-Party Dominance. In: Factional Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283924_2
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