The Impact of Voter Exit on Party Survival: Evidence from Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF

Type Thesis or Dissertation - Doctor of Philosophy
Title The Impact of Voter Exit on Party Survival: Evidence from Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
URL http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=political_science_diss
Abstract
This dissertation considers the impact of voter exit on the survival of incumbent regimes.
I argue that voters exit the political process as a result of emigration or political violence. Using
the example of Zimbabwe, I argue that ZANU-PF benefited from the exit of nearly four million
Zimbabweans who emigrated outside the country in response to declining economic conditions
and who exited the political system as a result of violence.

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