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

• Autore: Lindberg Staffan I. <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.96/0329
• Soggetto topico: Elections - Africa; Democracy - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Politics and government 1960-
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy and elections in Africa
• ISBN: 0-8018-8925-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791579503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II