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 Representation (Journal of Representative Democracy), Politics & Gender, Legislative Studies Quarterly, African Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Party Politics, 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 LINKS) which investigates the effects of constituency service on MPs' careers and citizens' attitudes in Ghana and South Africa
Keywords: Africa, democratisation, political representation, constituency service, political behaviour




