Democracy and elections in Africa
Vollst. zugl.: Lund, Univ., Diss., 2004 u.d.T.: The power of elections
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Baltimore, Md.
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2006
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Vollst. zugl.: Lund, Univ., Diss., 2004 u.d.T.: The power of elections Introduction. The role of elections ; Why Africa? ; On regimes ; On elections and democracy ; Preindependence and postindependence elections in African nations ; Contemporary Africa's track record ; Outline of the book -- On democracy and elections. Making a conceptual choice ; Defining democracy ; Operationalizing democratic qualities of elections ; Data collection and processing -- Elections in Africa over time. Frequency and number of elections ; The democratic qualities, on average ; Democratic qualities of elections over time ; Conclusions -- The self-reinforcing power of elections. Going from bad to worse ; First, second, third, fourth and later elections ; A panel-group comparison ; Conclusions -- The causal effects of elections. Democratic qualities in society ; A missing factor of democratization ; Hypotheses and causal links -- Democratization by elections? Elections are associated with civil liberties ; Analyzing by countries ; Conclusions -- Comparative perspectives and reflections. The transition paradigm ; Corruption and democratization ; Stateness and social citizenship ; Lessons on consolidation ; Policy implications ; The power of elections in unfavorable conditions |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 227 S. graph. Darst. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780801883330 978-0-8018-8333-0 0801883326 0-8018-8332-6 0801883334 0-8018-8333-4 |