Democracy and elections in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Staffan I. Lindberg
| Democracy and elections in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Staffan I. Lindberg |
| Autore | Lindberg Staffan I. <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 324.96/0329 |
| Soggetto topico |
Elections - Africa
Democracy - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8018-8925-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458839603321 |
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democracy and elections in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Staffan I. Lindberg
| Democracy and elections in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Staffan I. Lindberg |
| Autore | Lindberg Staffan I. <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 324.96/0329 |
| Soggetto topico |
Elections - Africa
Democracy - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-8018-8925-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791579503321 |
Lindberg Staffan I. <1969->
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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