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Democracy and Elections in Africa
Author | : Staffan I. Lindberg |
Publsiher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2006-09-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0801883326 |
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Why Do Elections Matter in Africa
Author | : Nic Cheeseman,Gabrielle Lynch,Justin Willis |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2021-02-18 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781108417235 |
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A radical new approach to understanding Africa's elections: explaining why politicians, bureaucrats and voters so frequently break electoral rules.
Elections in Africa
Author | : Professor of Political Science Dieter Nohlen,Dieter Nohlen,Michael Krennerich,Research Associate Institute for Political Science Michael Krennerich,Bernard Thibaut,Research Associate Institute for Political Science Berhard Thibaut |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1001 |
Release | : 1999-07-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198296454 |
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Elections have always been an integral part of post-independence African politics and have assumed utmost importance in the course of recent democratisation processes. However, comparative research on the political development in Africa lacks reliable electoral data. Elections in Africa fills this cap. The handbook is the only reliable source for African elections from independence to present.In the first volume of this series, Elections in Africa presents a country-by-country study of African nations that provides a comparative introduction on elections and electoral systems. Each country chapter examines the history of the institutional and electoral arrangements, the evolution of suffrage and current electoral provisions. Precise and exhaustive data on national elections and referendums are presented comparatively. The book provides a definitive and comprehensive set ofdata on elections and electoral systems in order to facilitate comparative research. Data is presented in a systematic manner allowing for both historical and cross-national comparisons.
Growing Democracy in Africa
Author | : Mamoudou Gazibo,J. Oloka-Onyango |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2016-02-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781443888448 |
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What is the state of governance in sub-Saharan Africa? Is it possible to identify the best practices and approaches to establishing political systems that promote accountability, transparency, peace, and civic space for all? These are the questions addressed in this book. While the concept of governance is considered to be central to political science, our understanding of it is still imprecise, with extant studies focused primarily either on think-tank indicators, economic management, or political studies of democratization. This book critically examines the record on democratization in Africa thus far, and seeks a new, integrated, focused approach to the study of governance. Such an approach requires revisiting the concept of governance itself, with emphasis on certain decisive components and critical issues. Considered in a democratic framework, the concept of governance can be employed to cast light on accountability issues in several arenas, four of which are considered in detail in this volume: institutions and the rule of law; constitution-making, elections, and political conflict settlement; distribution of power and citizenship; and political economy and corruption. Each contribution offers particular insights in one of these arenas. With a huge and varied continent in rapid flux to study, the sheer amount and variety of interesting new research is enormous. It is expected that the discussions contained herein and the various challenges, achievements, and lessons outlined will contribute to research, inform teaching, and lead to a greater understanding of the issues of democratic consolidation and economic development in Africa.
Voting for Democracy
Author | : John Daniel,Roger Southall |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2019-07-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780429765773 |
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First published in 1999, the essays in this book examine the context and conduct of a series of watershed elections held in Anglophone Africa in the first half of the 1990s. These elections crystallized a wider process of democratization, underway in much of sub-Saharan Africa during the last decade, in which attempts were made to shift from various forms of authoritarian rule (colonial or racial oligarchies, military regimes, one-party states, or presidential rule) to pluralist parliamentary politics. This volume brings together for the first time, studies of these events in countries sharing a comparable legacy of British colonialism, an acquaintance with the Westminster constitutional tradition and related experiences of decolonization and democratic struggle. Written from a variety of perspectives by contributors with first-hand knowledge and long experience of research in Africa, the papers situate each election in its wider political context, examining the political forces at work and the events which gave rise to reform. All indicate that, despite Western pressure for reform and the influence of the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in Eastern Europe, internal African demands for democracy provided the primary driving force for change. Not all the elections fulfilled the hopes invested in them. In Nigeria, they were annulled before all the votes had been counted. In Kenya, the disarray of the opposition ensured the return to power of the old order. Even where they produced a successful regime transition, the democratic credentials of the new governments were sometimes seriously flawed. Yet for all these limitations, these watershed elections signalled important progress for African democracy. They brought a formal end to colonial rule in Namibia and to three centuries of racial discrimination in South Africa. They brought changes of government through the ballot box in Zambia and Malawi, among the first instances in Africa of such change being accomplished without the use of force. Above all, they provided African electorates with an opportunity to pass judgement on long-serving authoritarian regimes – with unequivocal results: in every case, when given the chance to vote, Africans voted for democracy.
Democracy in Africa
Author | : Nic Cheeseman |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2015-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521191128 |
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of Africa's history of democracy, grappling with important questions facing Africa today.
Party Systems and Democracy in Africa
Author | : R. Doorenspleet,L. Nijzink |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2014-12-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781137011718 |
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Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that party systems affect democracy in Africa in ways that are unexpectedly different from the relation between party systems and democracy observed elsewhere.
Violence in African Elections
Author | : Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs,Jesper Bjarnesen |
Publsiher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2018-04-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781786992314 |
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Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent’s progress towards stability and prosperity. But such elections bring their own challenges, particularly the often intense internecine violence following disputed results. While the consequences of such violence can be profound, undermining the legitimacy of the democratic process and in some cases plunging countries into civil war or renewed dictatorship, little is known about the causes. By mapping, analysing and comparing instances of election violence in different localities across Africa – including Kenya, Ivory Coast and Uganda – this collection of detailed case studies sheds light on the underlying dynamics and sub-national causes behind electoral conflicts, revealing them to be the result of a complex interplay between democratisation and the older, patronage-based system of ‘Big Man’ politics. Essential for scholars and policymakers across the social sciences and humanities interested in democratization, peace-keeping and peace studies, Violence in African Elections provides important insights into why some communities prove more prone to electoral violence than others, offering practical suggestions for preventing violence through improved electoral monitoring, voter education, and international assistance.