Elena Gadjanova
Biographic Data
| ID | 210722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Gadjanova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Gadjanova |
| SIGNATURE | GADJANOVA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0861-3050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
WhatsApp and political communication in West Africa: Accounting for differences in parties’ organization and message discipline online
Social media has become central to how political parties plan, organize, and coordinate electoral campaigns in Africa, with WhatsApp increasingly the preferred medium. How, we ask, have African political parties made use of WhatsApp to organize internally during elections, and what explains the approaches they have taken? We argue that pre-existing party institutionalization is the main factor influencing how parties use WhatsApp to organize and …
Competitive Elections, Status Anxieties, and the Relative Strength of Ethnic versus National Identification in Africa
Research shows that ethnic identification increases on the eve of competitive elections in Africa, but does it do so at the expense of national solidarities? Do competitive elections exacerbate the negative expressions of strong ethnic attachments-coethnic favoritism, relative status concerns, and social distance to other groups? These questions are important because the latter attitudes and perceptions are linked to a host of ills in democracies…
Misinformation Across Digital Divides: Theory And Evidence From Northern Ghana
Social media misinformation is widely recognized as a significant and growing global problem. Yet, little is known about how misinformation spreads across broader media ecosystems, particularly in areas with varying internet access and connectivity. Drawing on research in northern Ghana, we seek to address this gap. We argue that ‘pavement media’—the everyday communication of current affairs through discussions in marketplaces, places of worship,…
Cross‐ethnic appeals in plural democracies
Whether and how parties reach across ethnic lines matters for the quality of democracy, the state of interethnic relations and substantive minority representation in plural societies. Existing explanations have focused on how politicians facing electoral incentives to seek broader support attempt to either redefine or transcend ethnic identities, but have overlooked the various ways, in which candidates from one ethnic community often directly ad…
Status-quo or Grievance Coalitions: The Logic of Cross-ethnic Campaign Appeals in Africa’s Highly Diverse States
This paper explains how presidential candidates in Africa’s highly diverse states appeal across ethnic lines when ethnic identities are salient, but broader support is needed to win elections. I argue that election campaigns are much more bottom-up and salience-oriented than current theories allow and draw on the analysis of custom data of campaign appeals in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, as well as interviews with party strategists and campaign oper…
Treacherous coattails: Gubernatorial endorsements and the presidential race in Kenya's 2017 election
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) via the DOI in this record
Ethnic wedge issues in electoral campaigns in Africa's presidential regimes
Journal Article Ethnic wedge issues in electoral campaigns in Africa's presidential regimes Get access Elena Gadjanova Elena Gadjanova Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 116, Issue 464, July 2017, Pages 484–507, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adx004 Published: 21 February 2017
Electoral clientelism as status affirmation in Africa: Evidence from Ghana
Why does electoral clientelism persist when ballots are secret and elections are competitive? The provision of material rewards during campaigns is seen as the standard way politicians secure votes in 'patronage democracies'. Yet monitoring clientelistic bargains is difficult when voting is secret, several competitors may provide material inducements simultaneously, voters view such inducements as gifts and not obligations, and candidates' record…
Measuring parties’ ethnic appeals in democracies
Unlike existing approaches to the study of ethnic politics, this article argues that the political competition for ethnic votes in modern democracies is programmatic (i.e. distinguishable by its focus on issues and policies), much like the competition for voting blocs defined as based on class or gender. Analysing ethnic appeals in this manner makes them suitable for the type of quantification and comparative analyses now standard in the estimati…
What is an Ethnic Appeal? Policies as Metonymies for Ethnicity in the Political Rhetoric of Group Identity
Ethnic identifications remain among the most consequential aspects of politics. Existing ‘constructivist’ models of ethnic politics rightly insist on the fluidity of individual identities, yet fail to problematize the types of appeal made to communities across cases. Collective action requires both personal identification and the clarification of the political meaning and appropriate expression of this identification, so simple references to grou…
Coercing, Constraining and Signalling: Explaining UN and EU Sanctions after the Cold War
Coercing, Constraining and Signalling: Explaining UN and EU Sanctions after the Cold War Francesco Giumelli Colchester : ECPR Press ( 2011 ), 226 p ., ISBN 978-1-907-30120-9 Sanctions in their various forms are among the most widely used tools in foreign policy. Therefore, it is essential that their manifestations and determinates be properly understood. The monograph argues that the study of sanctions is hampered by inadequate taxonomies, which …
Status-quo or Grievance Coalitions: The Logic of Cross-ethnic Campaign Appeals in Africa’s Highly Diverse States
This paper explains how presidential candidates in Africa’s highly diverse states appeal across ethnic lines when ethnic identities are salient, but broader support is needed to win elections. I argue that election campaigns are much more bottom-up and salience-oriented than current theories allow and draw on the analysis of custom data of campaign appeals in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, as well as interviews with party strategists and campaign oper…
Ethnic wedge issues in electoral campaigns in Africa's presidential regimes
Journal Article Ethnic wedge issues in electoral campaigns in Africa's presidential regimes Get access Elena Gadjanova Elena Gadjanova Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 116, Issue 464, July 2017, Pages 484–507, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adx004 Published: 21 February 2017
Measuring parties’ ethnic appeals in democracies
Unlike existing approaches to the study of ethnic politics, this article argues that the political competition for ethnic votes in modern democracies is programmatic (i.e. distinguishable by its focus on issues and policies), much like the competition for voting blocs defined as based on class or gender. Analysing ethnic appeals in this manner makes them suitable for the type of quantification and comparative analyses now standard in the estimati…
WhatsApp and political communication in West Africa: Accounting for differences in parties’ organization and message discipline online
Social media has become central to how political parties plan, organize, and coordinate electoral campaigns in Africa, with WhatsApp increasingly the preferred medium. How, we ask, have African political parties made use of WhatsApp to organize internally during elections, and what explains the approaches they have taken? We argue that pre-existing party institutionalization is the main factor influencing how parties use WhatsApp to organize and …
Treacherous coattails: Gubernatorial endorsements and the presidential race in Kenya's 2017 election
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) via the DOI in this record
Misinformation Across Digital Divides: Theory And Evidence From Northern Ghana
Social media misinformation is widely recognized as a significant and growing global problem. Yet, little is known about how misinformation spreads across broader media ecosystems, particularly in areas with varying internet access and connectivity. Drawing on research in northern Ghana, we seek to address this gap. We argue that ‘pavement media’—the everyday communication of current affairs through discussions in marketplaces, places of worship,…
Cross‐ethnic appeals in plural democracies
Whether and how parties reach across ethnic lines matters for the quality of democracy, the state of interethnic relations and substantive minority representation in plural societies. Existing explanations have focused on how politicians facing electoral incentives to seek broader support attempt to either redefine or transcend ethnic identities, but have overlooked the various ways, in which candidates from one ethnic community often directly ad…
Electoral clientelism as status affirmation in Africa: Evidence from Ghana
Why does electoral clientelism persist when ballots are secret and elections are competitive? The provision of material rewards during campaigns is seen as the standard way politicians secure votes in 'patronage democracies'. Yet monitoring clientelistic bargains is difficult when voting is secret, several competitors may provide material inducements simultaneously, voters view such inducements as gifts and not obligations, and candidates' record…
What is an Ethnic Appeal? Policies as Metonymies for Ethnicity in the Political Rhetoric of Group Identity
Ethnic identifications remain among the most consequential aspects of politics. Existing ‘constructivist’ models of ethnic politics rightly insist on the fluidity of individual identities, yet fail to problematize the types of appeal made to communities across cases. Collective action requires both personal identification and the clarification of the political meaning and appropriate expression of this identification, so simple references to grou…
Competitive Elections, Status Anxieties, and the Relative Strength of Ethnic versus National Identification in Africa
Research shows that ethnic identification increases on the eve of competitive elections in Africa, but does it do so at the expense of national solidarities? Do competitive elections exacerbate the negative expressions of strong ethnic attachments-coethnic favoritism, relative status concerns, and social distance to other groups? These questions are important because the latter attitudes and perceptions are linked to a host of ills in democracies…
What is an Ethnic Appeal? Policies as Metonymies for Ethnicity in the Political Rhetoric of Group Identity
Ethnic identifications remain among the most consequential aspects of politics. Existing ‘constructivist’ models of ethnic politics rightly insist on the fluidity of individual identities, yet fail to problematize the types of appeal made to communities across cases. Collective action requires both personal identification and the clarification of the political meaning and appropriate expression of this identification, so simple references to grou…
Coercing, Constraining and Signalling: Explaining UN and EU Sanctions after the Cold War
Coercing, Constraining and Signalling: Explaining UN and EU Sanctions after the Cold War Francesco Giumelli Colchester : ECPR Press ( 2011 ), 226 p ., ISBN 978-1-907-30120-9 Sanctions in their various forms are among the most widely used tools in foreign policy. Therefore, it is essential that their manifestations and determinates be properly understood. The monograph argues that the study of sanctions is hampered by inadequate taxonomies, which …
Measuring parties’ ethnic appeals in democracies
Unlike existing approaches to the study of ethnic politics, this article argues that the political competition for ethnic votes in modern democracies is programmatic (i.e. distinguishable by its focus on issues and policies), much like the competition for voting blocs defined as based on class or gender. Analysing ethnic appeals in this manner makes them suitable for the type of quantification and comparative analyses now standard in the estimati…
Ethnic wedge issues in electoral campaigns in Africa's presidential regimes
Journal Article Ethnic wedge issues in electoral campaigns in Africa's presidential regimes Get access Elena Gadjanova Elena Gadjanova Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 116, Issue 464, July 2017, Pages 484–507, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adx004 Published: 21 February 2017
Electoral clientelism as status affirmation in Africa: Evidence from Ghana
Why does electoral clientelism persist when ballots are secret and elections are competitive? The provision of material rewards during campaigns is seen as the standard way politicians secure votes in 'patronage democracies'. Yet monitoring clientelistic bargains is difficult when voting is secret, several competitors may provide material inducements simultaneously, voters view such inducements as gifts and not obligations, and candidates' record…
Treacherous coattails: Gubernatorial endorsements and the presidential race in Kenya's 2017 election
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) via the DOI in this record
Cross‐ethnic appeals in plural democracies
Whether and how parties reach across ethnic lines matters for the quality of democracy, the state of interethnic relations and substantive minority representation in plural societies. Existing explanations have focused on how politicians facing electoral incentives to seek broader support attempt to either redefine or transcend ethnic identities, but have overlooked the various ways, in which candidates from one ethnic community often directly ad…
Status-quo or Grievance Coalitions: The Logic of Cross-ethnic Campaign Appeals in Africa’s Highly Diverse States
This paper explains how presidential candidates in Africa’s highly diverse states appeal across ethnic lines when ethnic identities are salient, but broader support is needed to win elections. I argue that election campaigns are much more bottom-up and salience-oriented than current theories allow and draw on the analysis of custom data of campaign appeals in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, as well as interviews with party strategists and campaign oper…
Competitive Elections, Status Anxieties, and the Relative Strength of Ethnic versus National Identification in Africa
Research shows that ethnic identification increases on the eve of competitive elections in Africa, but does it do so at the expense of national solidarities? Do competitive elections exacerbate the negative expressions of strong ethnic attachments-coethnic favoritism, relative status concerns, and social distance to other groups? These questions are important because the latter attitudes and perceptions are linked to a host of ills in democracies…
Misinformation Across Digital Divides: Theory And Evidence From Northern Ghana
Social media misinformation is widely recognized as a significant and growing global problem. Yet, little is known about how misinformation spreads across broader media ecosystems, particularly in areas with varying internet access and connectivity. Drawing on research in northern Ghana, we seek to address this gap. We argue that ‘pavement media’—the everyday communication of current affairs through discussions in marketplaces, places of worship,…
WhatsApp and political communication in West Africa: Accounting for differences in parties’ organization and message discipline online
Social media has become central to how political parties plan, organize, and coordinate electoral campaigns in Africa, with WhatsApp increasingly the preferred medium. How, we ask, have African political parties made use of WhatsApp to organize internally during elections, and what explains the approaches they have taken? We argue that pre-existing party institutionalization is the main factor influencing how parties use WhatsApp to organize and …
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