Electoral Territoriality in Southern Africa

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Electoral Territoriality in Southern Africa is written by Stephen Rule and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1040281168 (ISBN 10) and 9781040281161 (ISBN 13).

This title was first published in 2000. A comprehensive comparison of voting patterns in seven countries of Southern Africa. The modern democratic electoral histories of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe are placed within the contexts of their pre-colonial and colonial polities. The extent to which urbanization and the regional distribution of language, ethnicity and race impacts on the electoral geography of the sub-continent is demonstrated statistically and cartographically. The analysis is complemented by anecdotal evidence gathered during personal interviews and discussions with voters, politicians, government officials and academics.