Lindberg, Staffan I.,  1969- <br/><br/>
Democracy and elections in Africa / 
Staffan I. Lindberg. 
 - xiii, 227 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> This volume studies elections as a core institution of liberal democracy in the context of newly democratizing countries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801883326 9780801883323 0801883334 9780801883330 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780801883330 99819458694 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005024560 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA780645  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013543612  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Since 1960 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Elections--Africa.<br/>Democracy--Africa.<br/>Africa.<br/>89.57 political participation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1879.A5  / L63