Violence in African elections : : between democracy and big man politics / / edited by Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs and Jesper Bjarnesen.
"Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent's progress towards stability and prosperity. But such elections bring their own challenges, particularly the...
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| Superior document: | Africa now |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London, England : : Zed Books,, 2018. [London, England] : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Africa now (Zed Books)
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) :; maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the everyday politics of electoral violence in Africa / Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs
- Ethnic politics and elite competition: the roots of electoral violence in Kenya / Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund
- Wielding the stick again: the rise and fall and rise of state violence during presidential elections in Uganda / Anders Sjörgren
- Land conflict and electoral violence in Côte d'Ivoire: a micro-level analysis / Matthew I. Mitchell
- The geography of violence in Burundi's 2015 elections / Willy Dindorera and Jesper Bjarnsesen
- Competition, uncertainty and violence in Sierra Leone's swing district / Ibrahim Bangura and Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs
- Ex-militants and electoral violence in Nigeria's Niger Delta / Tarila Marclint Ebiede
- The winner takes it all: post-war rebel networks, Big Man politics, and the threat of violence in the 2011 Liberian elections / Mariam Bjarnesen
- Parsitic politics: violence, deception and change in Kenya's electoral politics / Jacob Rasmussen
- Eclectic ties and election touts: Chipangano's cyclic governance agenda in Mbare, Zimbabwe / Tariro Mutongwizo
- Patronage politics and electoral violence in Lagos, Nigeria: understanding the micro-level dynamics / Daniel E. Agbiboa
- 'Once they all pick their guns you can have your way': campaigning and talking about violence in northern Ghana / Afra Schmitz
- Conclusion: beyond democracy and Big Man politics / Jesper Bjarnesen and Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs.