Democracy and elections in Africa
By: Staffan I. Lindberg.
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Elections -- Africa.; Democracy -- Africa.; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A dedication to elections; title: Why in Africa?; title: On regimes; title: On elections and democracy; title: Pre-and post independence elections in Africa; title: Contemporary Africa's track record; title: Outline of the book; title: On democracy and elections; title: Making a conceptual choice; title: Why degree is preferable to dichotomy; title: The case for a liberal definition; title: Self-government as the most fundamental value; title: Elections and democracy; title: Operationalizing democratic qualities of elections; title: Free and fairness of elections; title: Quality I: political participation; title: Quality II: competition; title: Quality III: legitimacy; title: Data collection and processing; title: Main dimensions of elections; title: Elections in Africa over time; title: Frequency and number of elections on average; title: Democratic qualities of elections over time; title: A mixed record of participation; title: Decent and stable competition; title: Improved legitimacy; title: Conclusions; title: The self-reinforcing power of elections; title: Going from bad to worse; title: First, second, third, fourth and later elections; title: Freedom and fairness of elections; title: Increasing participation; title: Competition grows stronger; title: Slowly better legitimacy; title: Valid conclusions?; title: A panel-group comparison; title: Even the bad apples get better; title: Conclusions; title: The causal effect of elections; title: Democratic qualities in society; title: A missing factor of democratization; title: Hypotheses and causal links; title: A framework of seven causal links; title: Causal model and doing the possible; title: Democratization by elections?; title: Elections are associated with civil liberties; title: A new way forward analyzing effects; title: The power of elections; title: From elections to countries; title: The final step: explaining level of democratic qualities; title: Empirical results; title: Conclusions; title: Comparative perspectives and reflections; title: The transition paradigm; title: On transitions; title: Economic development and elites; title: Opposition parties; title: Society; title: Corruption and democratization; title: Stateness and social citizenship; title: Lessons on consolidation; title: Policy implications; title: Struggles of power and the power of elections.