Ministry of Enthusiasm

Stephen K. Roberts is a researcher at the History of Parliament Trust and a frequent contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He is the editor of A Ministry of Enthusiasm (Pluto Press, 2003).

• Foreword by Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed by Executive Secretary, OSSREAAbbreviations 1. Introduction by Evolution of African Political Parties by M. A Mohamed Salih 2. Political Parties, Party Systems and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa by Renske Doorenspleet 3. Power and competition by The institutional context of multi-party politics by Oda van Cranenburgh 4. Democratic Transition and the Crises of an African Nationalist Party, UNIP by Zambia by Jotham C. Momba 5. Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) by A Revolutionary Party in Transition, Tanzania by Paschal B. Mihyo 6. Inhibitions to Democratic Party Politics in Zimbabwe by John Makumbe 7. Political Parties and Democratic Sustenance in Ghana, 1992-2000 by Kwame Boafo-Arthur 8. Sustainability of Political Parties in Kenya by Nick G. Wanjohi 9. Political Parties and Democracy in Independent Namibia by Tapera O. Chirawu 10. Multiparty Politics and Elections in Southern Africa by Realities and Imageries by Denis Venter 11. Party Politics and Political Culture in Ethiopia by Kassahun Berhanu 12. When Political Parties Fail by Sudan’s Democratic Conundrum by Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed and Samia El Hadi El Nagar 13. Political Parties and Governance by Wil Hout 14. Political Parties and Democratic Governance in Botswana by Mpho G. Molomo 15. Political Parties and the Unfinished Quest for Democratic Governance, Zambia by Njunga-Michael Mulikita 16. Political Parties and Governance in Nigeria by Dele Olowu and Matthew Okotoni 17. Political Parties and Government by Petr Kopeck_ and Peter Mair by 18. Synthesis and Conclusion by M. A. Mohamed SalihBibliographyNote on ContributorsIndex