Dominic Burbidge
Biographic Data
| ID | 3710600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dominic Burbidge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dominic |
| FAMILY NAME | Burbidge |
| SIGNATURE | BURBIDGE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3732-2049 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social network analysis from the perspective of African political philosophy
Social network analysis tracks the reach of human networks to understand how interpersonal interactions and relationships influence behavioural outcomes. There is great scope for research on sub-Saharan African elite politics through social network analysis, but one must also avoid an ‘off the shelf’ solution. The article engages African political philosophy to reconstruct the methodology, requiring that two assumptions be jettisoned: (1) the ass…
When Money Can't Buy Political Love: Lab Experiments on Vote Buying in Ghana and Uganda
Citizens who reject bribery in the context of democratic political processes might view the exchange of money for votes as illegitimate, even if they enjoy reciprocal relationships with politicians in other contexts. We test this by using lab-in-the-field experiments in Ghana and Uganda. Participants play the roles of voters and of candidates who have opportunities to bribe. Voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who had the opportunity t…
How to Become a Big Man in Africa: Subalternity, Elites, and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Nigeria. Wale Adebanwi
Central: Self-sufficiency through local government
The chapter discusses how devolution has played out in the former Central Province of Kenya, comprising the counties of Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Nyandarua, and Nyeri. Devolution was a controversial provision of the Kenyan Constitution, and many in central Kenya believed during its early stages that its costs outweighed its benefits. Further, because most voters backed Uhuru Kenyatta for the presidency, there was not the same desire for local …
Transition to subnational democracy: Kenya’s 2017 presidential and gubernatorial elections
Perceptions of the legitimacy of the 2017 subnational elections in Kenya have been bound-up with perceptions of the presidential race, which was nullified by the Supreme Court, casting doubt on the results of subnational elections held on the same day. I conduct a nationally representative survey on the way citizens voted on election day, akin to an exit-poll of Kenya's 2017 elections, and find that the survey responses match with the electoral c…
Trust, Ethnicity and Integrity in East Africa: Experimental Evidence from Kenya and Tanzania
Political economy comparisons of Kenya and Tanzania have often found the political salience of ethnicity to be far higher in the former than the latter, with a negative impact on intercommunal trust. This difference has tended to be explained on the basis of the different kinds of leadership that the two countries experienced after independence. However, these findings have typically been demonstrated using aggregate or survey data. This paper as…
Africa: Why economists get it wrong
In this stimulating book, Morten Jerven questions the historical focus of development economics as applied to Africa and calls for greater emphasis on the individual experiences of African countries, rather than using case studies as fodder for statistical analysis. The book builds seamlessly from earlier reflections in Poor numbers: How we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it (Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, …
Taxation, responsiveness and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa: The dynamics of tax bargaining
The Shadow of Kenyan Democracy: Widespread Expectations of Widespread Corruption
Contents: Prologue Introduction Democracy and Kenya Corruption and statehood under multipartyism Explaining the shadow of Kenyan democracy The hidden role of interpersonal trust No shadow exists without a light Bibliography Index
The spirit of the laws in Mozambique
Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia border problem 1941–2014
Journal Article Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia border problem 1941–2014 Get access Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia border problem 1941–2014, by Vincent Bakpetu Thompson. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2015. xvi + 405 pp. $46.99 (paperback). ISBN 978 0 76186 525 4. $100.00 (hardback). ISBN 978 0 76186 527 8. $46.99 (e-book). ISBN 978 0 76186 526 1. Dominic Burbidge Dominic Burbidge University of Oxfor…
Can someone get me outta this middle class zone?!' Pressures on middle class Kikuyu in Kenya's 2013 election
Whilst the middle class are often heralded as forerunners for consolidating democracy, the experiences of Kikuyu in Kenya's 2013 election reveal how under-problematised the socio-economic group is for understanding the pressures faced in voting. The article presents evidence from diary entries of young middle class Kikuyu residing in Nairobi who recorded their feelings and impressions across a period of one month surrounding the country's electio…
Urban trust in Kenya and Tanzania: Cooperation in the provision of public goods
Literature connecting ethnic diversity with public goods provision has found public goods to be poorly and unevenly supplied in ethnically heterogeneous communities. Scrutinising this hypothesis, the study contrasts an ethnically homogenous community in Kenya with an ethnically heterogeneous one in Tanzania, documenting levels of trust and cooperation in public goods provision. Interviews and focus groups with market-sellers of Mwanza (Tanzania) …
Can someone get me outta this middle class zone?!' Pressures on middle class Kikuyu in Kenya's 2013 election
Whilst the middle class are often heralded as forerunners for consolidating democracy, the experiences of Kikuyu in Kenya's 2013 election reveal how under-problematised the socio-economic group is for understanding the pressures faced in voting. The article presents evidence from diary entries of young middle class Kikuyu residing in Nairobi who recorded their feelings and impressions across a period of one month surrounding the country's electio…
Transition to subnational democracy: Kenya’s 2017 presidential and gubernatorial elections
Perceptions of the legitimacy of the 2017 subnational elections in Kenya have been bound-up with perceptions of the presidential race, which was nullified by the Supreme Court, casting doubt on the results of subnational elections held on the same day. I conduct a nationally representative survey on the way citizens voted on election day, akin to an exit-poll of Kenya's 2017 elections, and find that the survey responses match with the electoral c…
The spirit of the laws in Mozambique
Urban trust in Kenya and Tanzania: Cooperation in the provision of public goods
Literature connecting ethnic diversity with public goods provision has found public goods to be poorly and unevenly supplied in ethnically heterogeneous communities. Scrutinising this hypothesis, the study contrasts an ethnically homogenous community in Kenya with an ethnically heterogeneous one in Tanzania, documenting levels of trust and cooperation in public goods provision. Interviews and focus groups with market-sellers of Mwanza (Tanzania) …
Can someone get me outta this middle class zone?!' Pressures on middle class Kikuyu in Kenya's 2013 election
Whilst the middle class are often heralded as forerunners for consolidating democracy, the experiences of Kikuyu in Kenya's 2013 election reveal how under-problematised the socio-economic group is for understanding the pressures faced in voting. The article presents evidence from diary entries of young middle class Kikuyu residing in Nairobi who recorded their feelings and impressions across a period of one month surrounding the country's electio…
The Shadow of Kenyan Democracy: Widespread Expectations of Widespread Corruption
Contents: Prologue Introduction Democracy and Kenya Corruption and statehood under multipartyism Explaining the shadow of Kenyan democracy The hidden role of interpersonal trust No shadow exists without a light Bibliography Index
The spirit of the laws in Mozambique
Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia border problem 1941–2014
Journal Article Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia border problem 1941–2014 Get access Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia border problem 1941–2014, by Vincent Bakpetu Thompson. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2015. xvi + 405 pp. $46.99 (paperback). ISBN 978 0 76186 525 4. $100.00 (hardback). ISBN 978 0 76186 527 8. $46.99 (e-book). ISBN 978 0 76186 526 1. Dominic Burbidge Dominic Burbidge University of Oxfor…
Africa: Why economists get it wrong
In this stimulating book, Morten Jerven questions the historical focus of development economics as applied to Africa and calls for greater emphasis on the individual experiences of African countries, rather than using case studies as fodder for statistical analysis. The book builds seamlessly from earlier reflections in Poor numbers: How we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it (Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, …
Taxation, responsiveness and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa: The dynamics of tax bargaining
Trust, Ethnicity and Integrity in East Africa: Experimental Evidence from Kenya and Tanzania
Political economy comparisons of Kenya and Tanzania have often found the political salience of ethnicity to be far higher in the former than the latter, with a negative impact on intercommunal trust. This difference has tended to be explained on the basis of the different kinds of leadership that the two countries experienced after independence. However, these findings have typically been demonstrated using aggregate or survey data. This paper as…
Central: Self-sufficiency through local government
The chapter discusses how devolution has played out in the former Central Province of Kenya, comprising the counties of Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Nyandarua, and Nyeri. Devolution was a controversial provision of the Kenyan Constitution, and many in central Kenya believed during its early stages that its costs outweighed its benefits. Further, because most voters backed Uhuru Kenyatta for the presidency, there was not the same desire for local …
Transition to subnational democracy: Kenya’s 2017 presidential and gubernatorial elections
Perceptions of the legitimacy of the 2017 subnational elections in Kenya have been bound-up with perceptions of the presidential race, which was nullified by the Supreme Court, casting doubt on the results of subnational elections held on the same day. I conduct a nationally representative survey on the way citizens voted on election day, akin to an exit-poll of Kenya's 2017 elections, and find that the survey responses match with the electoral c…
How to Become a Big Man in Africa: Subalternity, Elites, and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Nigeria. Wale Adebanwi
When Money Can't Buy Political Love: Lab Experiments on Vote Buying in Ghana and Uganda
Citizens who reject bribery in the context of democratic political processes might view the exchange of money for votes as illegitimate, even if they enjoy reciprocal relationships with politicians in other contexts. We test this by using lab-in-the-field experiments in Ghana and Uganda. Participants play the roles of voters and of candidates who have opportunities to bribe. Voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who had the opportunity t…
Social network analysis from the perspective of African political philosophy
Social network analysis tracks the reach of human networks to understand how interpersonal interactions and relationships influence behavioural outcomes. There is great scope for research on sub-Saharan African elite politics through social network analysis, but one must also avoid an ‘off the shelf’ solution. The article engages African political philosophy to reconstruct the methodology, requiring that two assumptions be jettisoned: (1) the ass…
Political science (13 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Economics (5 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)