1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458839603321

Autore

Lindberg Staffan I. <1969->

Titolo

Democracy and elections in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Staffan I. Lindberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8925-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

324.96/0329

Soggetti

Elections - Africa

Democracy - Africa

Electronic books.

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910696869903321

Autore

Lindsay Charles R

Titolo

Geologic map of quadrangle 3568, Polekhomri (503) and Charikar (504) quadrangles, Afghanistan [[electronic resource] /] / compiled by Charles R. Lindsay ... [and others] ; U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; prepared in cooperation with the Afghan Geological Survey ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2007

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic map : HTML, digital, PDF file

Collana

Open-file report ; ; 2005-1101-A

USGS Afghanistan project product ; ; no. 007

Soggetti

Geology - Afghanistan

Maps.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale cartografico a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Relief shown by shading.

Title from HTML index page (viewed on May 9, 2007).

"AGS Open-File Report (503/504) 2005-1101-A".

Includes index map.