Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Stuppert, Wolfgang
Free Preview- Examines democratization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Presents multiple linear regression analyses with a dataset that covers all 351 direct national multi-party elections on the African subcontinent between 1990 and 2012
- Highlights implications for international democracy assistance programs
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Wolfgang Stuppert holds a doctoral degree in Social Science from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. He has pursued research in East European studies, sociology, law, and political science in Germany and Romania. Over the course of his academic career, he has worked and conducted research on civic activism and democratization in Germany, Romania, Serbia, Uganda, and Zambia. Since 2013, he has worked as an evaluation specialist on education, youth work, gender-based violence, and radicalization for various ministries and governmental agencies, international organizations, and NGOs in Germany, South-Eastern Europe, East and Southern Africa.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-9
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Elections Without Democratization: How African Electoral Authoritarianism Survived
Pages 11-37
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Mobilizing for Democracy? Collective Action and Political Power in Sub-Saharan Africa
Pages 39-93
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No Protest, No Choice: Political Mobilizations and Electoral Competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa
Pages 95-143
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Conclusions
Pages 145-153
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Authors
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- Wolfgang Stuppert
- Series Title
- Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-22792-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-22792-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-22791-3
- Series ISSN
- 2198-7262
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 161
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