04179cam a22007094i 4500 ocm61451536 OCoLC 20241217095843.0 050823t20062006mdua b 001 0 eng 2005024560 GBA780645 bnb 013543612 Uk 0801883326 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9780801883323 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 0801883334 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9780801883330 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9780801883330 99819458694 AU@ 000028378413 DEBBG BV021586807 DEBSZ 257943706 GEBAY 9567348 HEBIS 180859889 IG# 0801883326 IG# 0801883334 IG# 9780801883323 IG# 9780801883330 NLGGC 286744651 NZ1 10311022 YDXCP 2272315 YDXCP 2366090 UKMGB 013543612 AU@ 000073122856 (OCoLC)61451536 (OCoLC)786169358 (OCoLC)964604405 (OCoLC)1022696957 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY pcc f------ JQ1879.A5 L63 Lindberg, Staffan I., 1969- author. Democracy and elections in Africa / Staffan I. Lindberg. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2006] �2006 xiii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index. 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. This volume studies elections as a core institution of liberal democracy in the context of newly democratizing countries. Since 1960 fast Elections Africa. Democracy Africa. Africa. ascl (NL-LeOCL)294896791 89.57 political participation. (NL-LeOCL)077609034 bcl ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10188459 Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024560.html Table of contents application/pdf http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz257943706inh.htm 20090306151524 Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014802364&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005024560-b.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005024560-d.html Verlagsinformation application/pdf http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz257943706vlg.htm 20090306151534 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanford/Doc?id=10188459 Available to Stanford-affiliated users at lcc BK JQ1879.A5 L63 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 509 OTHER HOLDINGS 3127 3127 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-12-17 0 JQ1879.A5 L63 2024-4713 2024-12-17 09:59:55 C.1 2024-12-17 BK