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Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa : Why Peace Processes Fail / Stephanie M. Burchard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626375406
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.60967 23
LOC classification:
  • JQ1879.A5 B87 2015eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Violence of Voting in Africa -- 2 The Political Context of Electoral Violence -- 3 Kenya: Strategic Electoral Violence -- 4 Senegal: Incidental Electoral Violence -- 5 Liberia: Postconflict Electoral Violence -- 6 Electoral Violence and Voter Turnout1 -- 7 Electoral Violence and Democratic Attitudes -- 8 Electoral Violence and the Future of Democracy in Africa -- Appendix: Fear of Electoral Violence and Willingness to Vote -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: After decades of experimentation with various forms of dictatorship and autocracy, most sub-Saharan African countries adopted multiparty elections in the 1990s—a development widely celebrated as a sign that the region was moving toward democracy. This embrace of elections, however, has often been accompanied by unanticipated violence, raising important questions: Are violent elections a normal part of the process in new democracies? Does the quality and conduct of elections matter for democratic consolidation? Most fundamentally, what does the persistence of electoral violence mean for the future of democracy in Africa? Addressing these questions with a combination of rigorous qualitative and quantitative approaches, Stephanie Burchard explores both the causes and consequences of electoral violence in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Violence of Voting in Africa -- 2 The Political Context of Electoral Violence -- 3 Kenya: Strategic Electoral Violence -- 4 Senegal: Incidental Electoral Violence -- 5 Liberia: Postconflict Electoral Violence -- 6 Electoral Violence and Voter Turnout1 -- 7 Electoral Violence and Democratic Attitudes -- 8 Electoral Violence and the Future of Democracy in Africa -- Appendix: Fear of Electoral Violence and Willingness to Vote -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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After decades of experimentation with various forms of dictatorship and autocracy, most sub-Saharan African countries adopted multiparty elections in the 1990s—a development widely celebrated as a sign that the region was moving toward democracy. This embrace of elections, however, has often been accompanied by unanticipated violence, raising important questions: Are violent elections a normal part of the process in new democracies? Does the quality and conduct of elections matter for democratic consolidation? Most fundamentally, what does the persistence of electoral violence mean for the future of democracy in Africa? Addressing these questions with a combination of rigorous qualitative and quantitative approaches, Stephanie Burchard explores both the causes and consequences of electoral violence in sub-Saharan Africa.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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