Democracy and elections in Africa
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2006.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Lindberg, Staffan I., |d 1969- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Democracy and elections in Africa |h [electronic resource] / |c Staffan I. Lindberg. |
| 260 | |a Baltimore : |b Johns Hopkins University Press, |c 2006. | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 227 p. : |b ill. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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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| 650 | 0 | |a Elections |z Africa. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Democracy |z Africa. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Africa |x Politics and government |y 1960- | |
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