• Login
    View Item 
    •   UNZA Repository Home
    • Education
    • Language and Social sciences Education
    • View Item
    •   UNZA Repository Home
    • Education
    • Language and Social sciences Education
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Researching Politics in Africa: Reflections on Comparative Design Using Written Materials in Understanding Identity Politics Within the Context of African Societies

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Sanny Mulubale_comparative-design-written-materials-identity-politics-african-societies.pdf (1.278Mb)
    Date
    2019-01-03
    Author
    Mulubale, Sanny
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    Metadata
    Show full item record

    Abstract
    Comparative politics is a linchpin of understanding systemic politicization of identities. The motivation to study identity politics in the context of Africa was generated by the general view that situates ethnic politics as being messy in mainstream scholarly debates. The comparative approach was applicable in determining conditions that explained the divisive nature of ethnicity in Kenya and stabilizing effects of tribal party politics in Zambia. To meet the study’s objectives, a comparative design using written materials was employed. The research followed a descriptive and interpretative design in comparing the two countries’ political history and social spheres. Generally, principles that guide comparative research design are flexible. Comparative methods in politics as a field of study are often binary as they are used to demystify linear ways of studying societies which are neither homogeneous nor static. The discrepancies and consistencies in the cases studied were helpful in the process of integrating and interrogating literature. The practicalities of using comparative case analysis in the study of politics for African nation-states are based on both the diversity and shared sense of settings.
    URI
    http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/6799
    Publisher
    Sage Publication Limited
    Subject
    Africa
    Comparative politics
    Collections
    • Language and Social sciences Education [80]

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    UNZA homepage | UNZA Library | Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of UNZA RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    UNZA homepage | UNZA Library | Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV