Political Mobilizations And Democratization In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Wolfgang Stuppert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 3030227936

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Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa by Wolfgang Stuppert Pdf

This book explores why democratization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa have made so little progress despite more than two decades of multi-party politics on the subcontinent. By applying multiple linear regression analyses to a new data set on multi-party elections in Sub-Saharan Africa, the study investigates the relationship between political mobilizations and electoral competitiveness. It finds that the more societal groups engage in political mobilizations, such as protests and strikes, the more competitive elections become. Based on these results, the author argues for a change in the policies of international democracy assistance programs. The studys findings suggest that efforts to promote democracy would likely be more successful if international donors focused their support on organizations that have active constituencies and are willing to use their mobilization capacity to address ruling elites with political or socio-economic grievances.

Author : Gabrielle Lynch,Peter VonDoepp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351623636

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Routledge Handbook of Democratization in Africa by Gabrielle Lynch,Peter VonDoepp Pdf

This volume explores the issues and debates surrounding the ongoing processes of democratization in sub-Saharan Africa, illuminating the central dynamics characterizing Africa’s democratic experiments, and considering the connections between democratization and economic, social, and cultural developments on the continent. Reflecting the diverse and rich nature of this field of study, the Handbook of Democratization in Africa features more than thirty contributions structured into six thematic sections: The politics and paths of regime development Institutional dynamics Political mobilization and voting dynamics The politics of identity Social forces from below The consequences of democracy. Chapters offer overviews of the key scholarship on particular topics, including central insights from the latest research, and provide suggestions for those interested in further inquiry. The material includes attention to broad cross-continental patterns, for example with respect to public opinion, political violence, or the role of different institutions and actors. It also includes rich case material, drawing on and highlighting the experiences of a diverse collection of countries. Encouraging a comprehensive view of key concerns and enhancing understanding of particular issues, the Handbook of Democratization in Africa represents a critical resource for experts and students of African politics, democratization, and African studies.

Author : Wolfgang Stuppert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030227920

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Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa by Wolfgang Stuppert Pdf

This book explores why democratization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa have made so little progress despite more than two decades of multi-party politics on the subcontinent. By applying multiple linear regression analyses to a new data set on multi-party elections in Sub-Saharan Africa, the study investigates the relationship between political mobilizations and electoral competitiveness. It finds that the more societal groups engage in political mobilizations, such as protests and strikes, the more competitive elections become. Based on these results, the author argues for a change in the policies of international democracy assistance programs. The study’s findings suggest that efforts to promote democracy would likely be more successful if international donors focused their support on organizations that have active constituencies and are willing to use their mobilization capacity to address ruling elites with political or socio-economic grievances.

Author : John A. Wiseman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134829897

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Democracy and Political Change in Sub-Saharan Africa by John A. Wiseman Pdf

The book provides readers a set of case studies covering a diverse range of African states in order to identify the major causes of change and the movement towards democracy.

Author : Elliott Green,Johanna Söderström,Emil Uddhammar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134933129

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Political Opposition and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa by Elliott Green,Johanna Söderström,Emil Uddhammar Pdf

This book takes a closer look at the role and meaning of political opposition for the development of democracy across sub-Saharan Africa. Why is room for political opposition in most cases so severely limited? Under what circumstances has the political opposition been able to establish itself in a legitimate role in African politics? To answer these questions this edited volume focuses on the institutional settings, the nature and dynamics within and between political parties, and the relationship between the citizens and political parties. It is found that regional devolution and federalist structures enable political opposition to organize and gain local power, as a supplement to influence at the central level. Generally, however, opposition parties are lacking in organization and institutionalization, as well as in their ability to find support in civil society and promote the issues that voters find most important. Overall, strong executive powers, unchecked by democratic institutions, in combination with deferential values and fear of conflict, undermine legitimate opposition activity. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

Author : Edalina Rodrigues Sanches
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351778800

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Party Systems in Young Democracies by Edalina Rodrigues Sanches Pdf

Institutionalization has become a paramount concept to compare party systems in regions spanned by the third wave of democratization. Based on raw electoral data from 30 sub-Saharan African countries observed between 1966 and 2016, this text explores the causes and mechanisms of Party System Institutionalization (PSI) and its relationship with the processes of mobilization and democratization. Posing key theoretical and empirical questions in cross-regional comparison, it examines and reveals the defining properties of PSI, how they should be measured and under what conditions it varies. In doing so, it contributes with a new explanatory framework of party system development – that gives primacy to modes of transition, political institutions and party-citizen linkages – to further cross-regional comparisons among third-wave party systems. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of democratization, elections, and African politics, and more broadly to comparative politics.

Author : Kathleen M. Fallon
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780801896743

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Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen M. Fallon Pdf

Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen M. Fallon discusses the role of women and women's advocacy groups in furthering the democratic transformation of formerly autocratic states. Using Ghana as a case study, Fallon examines the specific processes women are using to bring about political change. She assesses information gathered from interviews and surveys conducted in Ghana and assays the existing literature to provide a focused look at how women have become involved in the democratization of sub-Saharan nations. The narrative traces the history of democratic institutions in the region—from the imposition of male-dominated mechanisms by western states to latter-day reforms that reflect the active resurgence of women’s political power within many African cultures—to show how women have made significant recent political gains in Ghana and other emerging democracies. Fallon attributes these advances to a combination of forces, including the decline of the authoritarian state and its attendant state-run women's organizations, newly formed constitutions, and newfound access to good-governance funding. She draws the study into the larger debate over gendered networks and democratic reform by exploring how gender roles affect and are affected by the state in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. In demonstrating how women’s activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women’s Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women’s social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships in Africa and beyond.

Author : J. Piombo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230623828

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Institutions, Ethnicity, and Political Mobilization in South Africa by J. Piombo Pdf

An investigation of post-apartheid South Africa, which is notable for a history of politicized ethnicity, a complicated network of ethnic groups and for an expectation that ethnic violence would follow the 1994 political transition that did not occur following democratization.

Author : Gordon Crawford,Gabrielle Lynch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135706357

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Democratization in Africa: Challenges and Prospects by Gordon Crawford,Gabrielle Lynch Pdf

It is two decades since the ‘third wave’ of democratization began to roll across sub-Saharan Africa in the early 1990s. This book provides a very timely investigation into the progress and setbacks over that period, the challenges that remain and the prospects for future democratization in Africa. It commences with an overall assessment of the (lack of) progress made from 1990 to 2010, exploring positive developments with reasons for caution. Based on original research, subsequent contributions examine various themes through country case-studies, inclusive of: the routinisation of elections, accompanied by democratic rollback and the rise of hybrid regimes; the tenacity of presidential powers; the dilemmas of power-sharing; ethnic voting and rise of a violent politics of belonging; the role of ‘donors’ and the ambiguities of ‘democracy promotion’. Overall, the book concludes that steps forward remain greater than reversals and that typically, though not universally, sub-Saharan African countries are more democratic today than in the late 1980s. Nonetheless, the book also calls for more meaningful processes of democratization that aim not only at securing civil and political rights, but also socio-economic rights and the physical security of African citizens. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization

Author : Robert Buijtenhuijs,Elly Rijnierse
Publisher : African Studies Centre Politi
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000043772130

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Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa (1989-1992) by Robert Buijtenhuijs,Elly Rijnierse Pdf

Author : Matthias Basedau,Gero Erdmann,Andreas Mehler
Publisher : NAI Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015074297444

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Votes, Money and Violence by Matthias Basedau,Gero Erdmann,Andreas Mehler Pdf

Following the (re-) introduction of multiparty systems in Africa in the early 1990s, third and fourth elections in Africa’s new democracies and hybrid regimes are now being seen. Although there is a large and growing literature on democracy and elections in Africa, parties and party systems have hitherto not been the focus of research, which may be surprising given their central role in a liberal democracy. The early works from the 1960s and 1970s provide neither a sound conceptual nor empirical basis. Research on political parties and party systems in Africa is still in its infancy. Various contributions in this volume address the theoretical and conceptual challenges provided by the African parties and party systems with their particular features of weak organization, informal relationships dominated by "big men" and clientelism within a neopatrimonial setting. Others raise the crucial question of representation in relation to ethnicity, civil society and gender, or look into the empirical relationship between party systems and democracy. Further chapters ask questions about the appropriate electoral system for the multiethnic context in Africa and deal with the problem of electoral system reform. Finally, there are chapters which focus on the neglected area of electoral violence, and the moral role of money and vote buying is scrutinized through a case study. An important conclusion is that party research in Africa needs more conceptual clarity as well as empirical research particularly on party organization, voting behavior, and the role of ethnicity. The volume is written for academics and graduate students in Comparative Politics, Party Research, Electoral and African Studies. It will be also useful for professionals dealing with Africa in (political) development assistance.

Author : W. J. Breytenbach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070796565

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Democratisation in Sub-Saharan Africa by W. J. Breytenbach Pdf

Author : John Michael Healey,Mark Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070483529

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Democracy, Governance, and Economic Policy by John Michael Healey,Mark Robinson Pdf

Examines the political dimensions of economic policy making in the 1970s and 1980s.

Author : Jonathan van Eerd
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319508382

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The Quality of Democracy in Africa by Jonathan van Eerd Pdf

This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government remains dominated by one major political party. If an institutionalized and strong opposition party – even when too weak to take power – challenges the dominant government party, the quality of democracy improves substantially. The comparative study demonstrates that competitive opposition parties in dominant party systems are rooted in the historical legacy of political cleavages related to de-colonization that precede the third wave of democratization of the 1990s and have survived the instability of post-independence political developments to the present day. The study covers 19 African countries and 55 elections overall, including four in-depth case studies of Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana and Mali. It offers scholars and practitioners of electoral democracies and competitive authoritarian regimes a novel view on the role of party systems in processes of democratization. It makes an important contribution to the general literature on state building intertwined with democratization and representation in old and new democracies.

Author : Lars Buur,Helene Maria Kyed
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X030256055

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State Recognition and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa by Lars Buur,Helene Maria Kyed Pdf

State Recognition and Democractization in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the link between liberal-style democratization and state recognition of traditional authority in Sub-Saharan Africa. Being critical and empirically grounded, the book explores the complex, often counter-balancing consequences of the involvement of traditional authority in the wave of democratization and liberal-style state-building that has rolled over sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade. It scrutinizes how, in practice, traditional leaders are being drawn into governance in Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Burkina Faso, and the Somali region of Ethiopia, and relates these developments to state governance in the declining democracy of Zimbabwe and the emerging state of Northern Somalia.