Dorina A Bekoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 169985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorina A Bekoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorina A |
| FAMILY NAME | Bekoe |
| SIGNATURE | BEKOE D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Defense University |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-7311-2747 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Push Toward Autocracy? The Effects of US Security Cooperation on Democratic Development in Africa
Since the 2010s, security assistance to Africa has exploded while global democracy trends – including in Africa – have been in steady decline. How are these two empirical facts connected? This paper analyzes the relationship between US security partnerships and democracy trends in Africa from 2005 to 2020. Overall, our findings are mixed. There is either no significant relationship or a weakly negative relationship between many US security cooper…
Robust electoral violence prevention: An example from Ghana
Existing electoral violence prevention programming does not sufficiently account for the incentives that compel political actors to use violence. When Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo defeated Ghana’s incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama, in December 2016, the transition was lauded for its orderliness and credited with furthering Ghana’s democratization. Many attributed the peaceful transfer of power to significant reforms undertaken by the electo…
The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire: How a Certified Election Still Turned Violent
Despite the certification of Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010 presidential elections by the United Nations Operations in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), they resulted in the most violent of Sub-Saharan Africa, in the two decades since the transition to a democratic dispensation. UNOCI and Ivorian authorities embarked on a certification process in order to infuse credibility into a system and institutions divided along religious, regional, and cultural fault lines. In…
The Contradictions of Pre-election Violence: The Effects of Violence on Voter Turnout in Sub-Saharan Africa
Politicians often foment violence before elections to reduce competitiveness and, hence, increase their chances of winning. Given that fear and intimidation may be used to prevent voters from casting their ballots, many case studies, as well as anecdotal evidence, suggest that electoral violence has a suppressive effect on voter turnout. However, until now there has been no large-scale, multi-year analysis on the effect of pre-election violence o…
The Kenyan diaspora in the United States and the 2013 elections: When money does not equal power
This paper examines the expectations and realities of the influence of the US-based Kenyan diaspora during the lead up to the 2013 Kenyan elections. The 2013 Kenyan elections, important to a number of domestic and international actors, could have proved a galvanizing event for the diaspora: the international community had identified Kenya at elevated risk for electoral violence, substantial changes to domestic institutions were undertaken followi…
Toward a Theory of Peace Agreement Implementation: The Case of Liberia
The implementation of a peace agreement following a civil war is one of the most critical and uncertain processes of any post-war period. Many argue that promises of extensive power sharing arrangements in future governments and international intervention help advance the implementation of a peace process. While not doubting the importance of these factors, this paper argues that they do not sufficiently account for the incremental process of an …
The Contradictions of Pre-election Violence: The Effects of Violence on Voter Turnout in Sub-Saharan Africa
Politicians often foment violence before elections to reduce competitiveness and, hence, increase their chances of winning. Given that fear and intimidation may be used to prevent voters from casting their ballots, many case studies, as well as anecdotal evidence, suggest that electoral violence has a suppressive effect on voter turnout. However, until now there has been no large-scale, multi-year analysis on the effect of pre-election violence o…
Toward a Theory of Peace Agreement Implementation: The Case of Liberia
The implementation of a peace agreement following a civil war is one of the most critical and uncertain processes of any post-war period. Many argue that promises of extensive power sharing arrangements in future governments and international intervention help advance the implementation of a peace process. While not doubting the importance of these factors, this paper argues that they do not sufficiently account for the incremental process of an …
The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire: How a Certified Election Still Turned Violent
Despite the certification of Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010 presidential elections by the United Nations Operations in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), they resulted in the most violent of Sub-Saharan Africa, in the two decades since the transition to a democratic dispensation. UNOCI and Ivorian authorities embarked on a certification process in order to infuse credibility into a system and institutions divided along religious, regional, and cultural fault lines. In…
Toward a Theory of Peace Agreement Implementation: The Case of Liberia
The implementation of a peace agreement following a civil war is one of the most critical and uncertain processes of any post-war period. Many argue that promises of extensive power sharing arrangements in future governments and international intervention help advance the implementation of a peace process. While not doubting the importance of these factors, this paper argues that they do not sufficiently account for the incremental process of an …
The Kenyan diaspora in the United States and the 2013 elections: When money does not equal power
This paper examines the expectations and realities of the influence of the US-based Kenyan diaspora during the lead up to the 2013 Kenyan elections. The 2013 Kenyan elections, important to a number of domestic and international actors, could have proved a galvanizing event for the diaspora: the international community had identified Kenya at elevated risk for electoral violence, substantial changes to domestic institutions were undertaken followi…
The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire: How a Certified Election Still Turned Violent
Despite the certification of Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010 presidential elections by the United Nations Operations in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), they resulted in the most violent of Sub-Saharan Africa, in the two decades since the transition to a democratic dispensation. UNOCI and Ivorian authorities embarked on a certification process in order to infuse credibility into a system and institutions divided along religious, regional, and cultural fault lines. In…
The Contradictions of Pre-election Violence: The Effects of Violence on Voter Turnout in Sub-Saharan Africa
Politicians often foment violence before elections to reduce competitiveness and, hence, increase their chances of winning. Given that fear and intimidation may be used to prevent voters from casting their ballots, many case studies, as well as anecdotal evidence, suggest that electoral violence has a suppressive effect on voter turnout. However, until now there has been no large-scale, multi-year analysis on the effect of pre-election violence o…
Robust electoral violence prevention: An example from Ghana
Existing electoral violence prevention programming does not sufficiently account for the incentives that compel political actors to use violence. When Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo defeated Ghana’s incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama, in December 2016, the transition was lauded for its orderliness and credited with furthering Ghana’s democratization. Many attributed the peaceful transfer of power to significant reforms undertaken by the electo…
A Push Toward Autocracy? The Effects of US Security Cooperation on Democratic Development in Africa
Since the 2010s, security assistance to Africa has exploded while global democracy trends – including in Africa – have been in steady decline. How are these two empirical facts connected? This paper analyzes the relationship between US security partnerships and democracy trends in Africa from 2005 to 2020. Overall, our findings are mixed. There is either no significant relationship or a weakly negative relationship between many US security cooper…
Economics (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · International Development and Aid (3 works) · Law (3 works)