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100 1 _aLindberg, Staffan I.,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDemocracy and elections in Africa /
_cStaffan I. Lindberg.
264 1 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c[2006]
264 4 _c�2006
300 _axiii, 227 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction. 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.
520 _aThis volume studies elections as a core institution of liberal democracy in the context of newly democratizing countries.
648 7 _aSince 1960
_2fast
650 0 _aElections
_zAfrica.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zAfrica.
650 7 _aAfrica.
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650 7 _a89.57 political participation.
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