Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149966 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/16/042
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
Party systems research has proceeded along two parallel lines of inquiry, one predominantly “qualitative” and the other “quantitative.” This article attempts to bridge this divide in two ways. First, by showing that qualitative information can be valuable in the construction of quantitative measures. Second, by showing that the results from applying theoretically- sensitive measurement tools can be useful for qualitative classification. These analyses are performed using an original dataset of party system changes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Subjects: 
Political Parties
Political Institutions
Party System Change
JEL: 
K00
O10
P16
P43
P50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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