The politics of numbers: National membership growth and subnational power competition in the African National Congress
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2015
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Transformation
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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University of Cape Town
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The ANC has experienced rapid membership growth in recent years. This paper explores competing explanations for this growth, and concludes that subnational political competition and national factional conflicts, rather than deliberate membership recruitment campaigns, have been the primary drivers of increased numbers. The paper goes on to assess the implications of this dynamic of membership change for party organisational challenges.
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Butler, A. (2015). The politics of numbers: National membership growth and subnational power competition in the African National Congress. Transformation, 87, 13-31.