Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999
| dc.contributor.author | Mattes, R | |
| dc.contributor.author | Piombo, J | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-19T11:38:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-19T11:38:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-19T11:35:05Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Variance in partisan choice among South African voters can be predicted on the basis of what is known about the way voters see economic trends, evaluate government performance, perceive political parties, and rate party leaders. However, in this analysis it is demonstrated that factors related to racial divisions shape and filter how voters perceive political performance, and to some extent lead different voters to emphasize different performance criteria. But race does not affect the way voters make decisions. Thus, South Africa's opposition parties are weak not because black voters, the overwhelming majority of the electorate, operate with?a decision-making apparatus that emphasizes unity over performances or is hostile to pluralism and opposition. Rather, support for the African National Congress can be accounted for first, by positive ratings of its performance in government and second, by the fact that those black voters dissatisfied with the performance of the African National Congress (ANC) do not see a legitimate alternative among the existing opposition partie. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/714000211 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mattes, R., & Piombo, J. (2001). Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999. <i>Democratization</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19715 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mattes, R, and J Piombo "Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999." <i>Democratization</i> (2001) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19715 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mattes, R., & Piombo, J. (2001). Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999. Democratization, 8(3), 101-128. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1351-0347 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Mattes, R AU - Piombo, J AB - Variance in partisan choice among South African voters can be predicted on the basis of what is known about the way voters see economic trends, evaluate government performance, perceive political parties, and rate party leaders. However, in this analysis it is demonstrated that factors related to racial divisions shape and filter how voters perceive political performance, and to some extent lead different voters to emphasize different performance criteria. But race does not affect the way voters make decisions. Thus, South Africa's opposition parties are weak not because black voters, the overwhelming majority of the electorate, operate with?a decision-making apparatus that emphasizes unity over performances or is hostile to pluralism and opposition. Rather, support for the African National Congress can be accounted for first, by positive ratings of its performance in government and second, by the fact that those black voters dissatisfied with the performance of the African National Congress (ANC) do not see a legitimate alternative among the existing opposition partie. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Democratization LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 SM - 1351-0347 T1 - Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999 TI - Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19715 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19715 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/714000211 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mattes R, Piombo J. Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999. Democratization. 2001; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19715. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Democratization | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fdem20#.VksuNXYrLIU | |
| dc.subject.other | Opposition parties | |
| dc.subject.other | Politics | |
| dc.subject.other | Voters | |
| dc.title | Opposition parties and the voters in South Africa's general election of 1999 | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |