Publications

Book (peer-review):

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2017. The Quality of Democracy in Africa. Opposition Competitiveness Rooted in Legacies of Cleavages. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Journal Article (peer-review):

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2016. “The Limits of Democratization Through a Regional Hegemon: South African Linkage and Leverage and the Skewed Playing Field in Lesotho Party Competition”, Comparative Governance and Politics 10(1): 137–154. Link [PDF]

Expert Publication:

“Insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: growth stutters, but fundamentals are strong”, Swiss Re Institute Expertise Publication (October 16, 2017). https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/expertise-publication-insurance-sub-saharan-africa.html Download

Conference Papers:

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2015. “The Roots of Political Parties in Africa”, prepared for the 2015 APSA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, September 3–6, 2015.

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2014. “The Importance of Competitive Opposition Parties for Democratic Consolidation in Africa”, prepared for the 4th EPSA Annual Conference, Edinburgh, June 19–21, 2014.

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2013. “South African Leverage and the 2012 Elections in Lesotho. Rotten-door Transition without Democratic Consolidation?”, prepared for the workshop “Electoral Authoritarianism and Democratization in Africa”, Leuphana University Lüneburg, November 7–8, 2013.

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2011. “Elite-Mass Congruence in African Dominant Party Systems: The Cases of Botswana and Lesotho”, prepared for the IPSA-ECPR Joint Conference, University of Sao Paulo, February 16–19, 2011. Download

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2010. “Dominance and Fluidity: Conceptualizing and Explaining Party System Characteristics in Sub-Saharan Africa”, prepared for the 68th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, April 22–25, 2010. Download

van Eerd, Jonathan. 2009. “A Comparison of Measurements for the Identification of Party Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa”, prepared for the 2009 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, American Political Science Association (APSA), Toronto, September 3–6, 2009. Download