Edalina Rodrigues Sanches

Edalina Rodrigues Sanches, PhD in Political Science (University of Lisbon), is an Assistant Professor in African Studies at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE) and a researcher at its’ the Centre for International Studies (CEI). Her research interests comprise democratization, popular protest, constituency service, political institutions, elections, political parties and party systems, with a focus on Africa. Her work has been featured in Journal of International Relations and Development, African Affairs, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Parliamentary Affairs, International Politics, Electoral Studies, and South European Society and Politics. She is also a regular contributor to the blogs Presidential Power and Africaye and has recently published the book Party Systems in Young Democracies: Varieties of institutionalization in Sub-Saharan Africa (Routledge, 2018). She is currently developing a project on parliamentary activity, party-citizen linkages and constituency service in Africa.