nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/2fd85ff70f4f4456 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261102s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/2fd85ff70f4f4456 doi eng 342 23 Nwokora, Zim Author aut Decentring the State - What African Experiences with Plural Authority Mean for Party Theory Nwokora, Zim Verfassungsblog 2026-11-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Research on political parties has become a global enterprise. One area where it remains incomplete is how the condition of plural authority shapes parties. This blog draws on African experiences to consider what plural authority means for party theorising. Its central argument is that taking plural authority seriously raises new questions about parties and challenges some of the assumptions embedded in established theories. African experiences do more than reveal the limits of existing party theory; they provide critical resources for reconstructing it as a more genuinely global comparative theory. CC BY-SA 4.0 Afrika globalisation party theory plural authority reflexive globalisation (DE-588)4000695-5 gnd Afrika Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/decentring-the-state/ raw object