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SUMMARY:CGHR Research Group: Presidential succession crises in Africa: les
 sons from South Africa and Namibia - Dr Ian Cooper\, POLIS. Discussant: Pr
 of. Laurie Nathan\, University of Pretoria
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DESCRIPTION:70 percent of African presidents who left office before 1989 w
 ere overthrown or assassinated. This pattern has changed since democratisa
 tion\, as political parties dominate the processes by which presidents are
  chosen. Many African parties\, however\, split almost every time a change
  of leadership is effected. These ruptures have in turn caused electoral c
 ompetition to intensify\, governments to lose power and outbreaks of viole
 nce to occur. My paper asks: why do some succession crises lead to party f
 ragmentation\, whilst others do not? It involves comparative analysis of S
 outh Africa and Namibia\, using original data gathered in the field. By de
 scribing the changing character of succession\, developing a comparative a
 pproach to the study of these events and demonstrating a connection betwee
 n autocratic leadership and party fragmentation\, it makes a significant c
 ontribution to the democratisation literature.\n\nJoin the CGHR Mailing li
 st: http://bit.ly/1DHlhkS
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