Democracy and elections in Africa

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主要作者: Lindberg, Staffan I., 1969-
企业作者: ebrary, Inc
格式: 电子 电子书
语言:英语
出版: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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书本目录:
  • 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.