Edalina Sanches
Edalina Rodrigues Sanches is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences – University of Lisbon; where she coordinates the Research Group SPARC. Her research interests include democratisation, political representation, political protest, parties and party systems with a focus on Africa. Her research has been published in journals such Legislative Studies Quarterly, Politics and Governance, Party Politics, African Affairs, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Parliamentary Affairs, Electoral Studies, among others.
His first book Party Systems in Young Democracies: Varieties of institutionalization in Sub-Saharan Africa (Routledge, 2018), is the result of her PhD thesis, which was awarded the Prize for Best PhD Thesis by the Portuguese Political Science Association (2016). She recently edited the book Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa (Routledge, 2022); and currently leads a project funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Project HOME) which investigates parliamentary activity party-citizen linkages and constituency service in Africa.
Keywords: Africa, democratisation, political representation, party-citizen linkages, political behaviour



