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UNINA9910458839603321 |
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Autore |
Lindberg Staffan I. <1969-> |
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Democracy and elections in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Staffan I. Lindberg |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Elections - Africa |
Democracy - Africa |
Electronic books. |
Africa Politics and government 1960- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index. |
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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. |
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UNINA9910696869903321 |
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Autore |
Lindsay Charles R |
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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] |
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[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic map : HTML, digital, PDF file |
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Open-file report ; ; 2005-1101-A |
USGS Afghanistan project product ; ; no. 007 |
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Geology - Afghanistan |
Maps. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale cartografico a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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. |
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