TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lindberg,Staffan I.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Democracy and elections in Africa
AV  - JQ1879.A5 L55 2006eb
U1  - 324.96/0329 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Elections
KW  - Africa
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1960-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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