The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties
| dc.contributor.author | Reddy, Thiven | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-16T12:07:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-16T12:07:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The paper argues that the model developed to analyze the dominance of the Indian National Congress of the political party system during the first two decades of independence helps in our understanding of the unfolding party system in South Africa. A comparison of the Congress Party and the African National Congress suggests many similarities. The paper is divided into three broad sections. The first part focuses on the dominant party system in India. In the second part, I apply the model of the Congress System to South Africa. I argue that the three features of the Congress System – a dominant party with mass based legitimacy, constituted by many factions and operating on the idiom of consensus-seeking internal politics, and sources of opposition who cooperate with factions in the dominant party to influence the political agenda – prevails in South Africa. In the third part, I draw on the comparison between the ANC and Congress Party to account for why certain nationalist movements become dominant parties. I emphasize that broad nationalist movements displaying high degrees of legitimacy and embracing democratic practices are adaptive to changing contexts and develop. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Reddy, T. (2005). The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties. <i>African and Asian Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24864 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Reddy, Thiven "The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties." <i>African and Asian Studies</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24864 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Reddy, T. (2005). The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties. African and Asian Studies, 4(3): 271-300. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1569-2094 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Reddy, Thiven AB - The paper argues that the model developed to analyze the dominance of the Indian National Congress of the political party system during the first two decades of independence helps in our understanding of the unfolding party system in South Africa. A comparison of the Congress Party and the African National Congress suggests many similarities. The paper is divided into three broad sections. The first part focuses on the dominant party system in India. In the second part, I apply the model of the Congress System to South Africa. I argue that the three features of the Congress System – a dominant party with mass based legitimacy, constituted by many factions and operating on the idiom of consensus-seeking internal politics, and sources of opposition who cooperate with factions in the dominant party to influence the political agenda – prevails in South Africa. In the third part, I draw on the comparison between the ANC and Congress Party to account for why certain nationalist movements become dominant parties. I emphasize that broad nationalist movements displaying high degrees of legitimacy and embracing democratic practices are adaptive to changing contexts and develop. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - African and Asian Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 1569-2094 T1 - The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties TI - The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24864 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24864 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Reddy T. The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties. African and Asian Studies. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24864. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Brill Academic Publishers | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Political Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | African and Asian Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/15692108 | |
| dc.title | The Congress Party Model: South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and India’s Indian National Congress (INC) as Dominant Parties | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |