Vladimir Chlouba
Biographic Data
| ID | 4375319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vladimir Chlouba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vladimir |
| FAMILY NAME | Chlouba |
| SIGNATURE | CHLOUBA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4154-3979 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Seeing is believing
Can gender quotas voluntarily adopted by political parties alter stereotypical views about women in politics? This article examines Namibia’s SWAPO, an electorally dominant party that introduced a 50/50 gender quota in 2013. Using an event study design, I analyze public attitudes before and after the 2014 elections, when women elected due to the quotas entered Parliament. The findings reveal that increased female representation had a positive imp…
The Precolonial Origins of African Nationalism
What explains the degree of national attachment expressed by contemporary Africans? Using historical data on early African statehood and survey responses from across the continent, I show that national identification among contemporary Africans was jointly shaped by the socialization efforts of precolonial rulers and the form of colonial rule employed by European administrators. In areas where precolonial rulers socialized their subjects to a com…
African traditional institutions and support for democracy
Existing research emphasizes popular support for democracy as a key ingredient of democratic regime consolidation. Both formal and informal institutions are commonly seen as the key actors that generate the requisite attitudinal shift, socializing ordinary citizens to adopt democratic values. It is thus puzzling that existing studies of attitudes towards democracy in the developing world have neglected to consider the impact of widely prevalent t…
Liberation Wars as Critical Junctures
Under what conditions do the distributional legacies of settler colonialism persist? Much of past research has operated under the assumption that differing colonial experiences constituted critical junctures whose effects have more often than not endured. Analysts have pointed to settler colonialism as a crucial determinant of present levels of income inequality in former settler colonies. However, a closer look at historical data suggests that w…
Early Statehood and Support for Autocratic Rule in Africa
Recent work highlights the importance of pre-modern political practices for explaining persistent institutional features, including representative democracy. Typically, this argument is institutional in nature—pre-industrial practices are hypothesized to either bolster or retard the transmission of democratic institutions. This article proposes a separate channel through which legacies of early statehood continue to impact the prospects of democr…
One Size Fits All
While much has been written about the resurgence of traditional authorities in sub-Saharan Africa, we know less about what explains differences in the institutional and regulatory frameworks that link traditional leaders to formal governments. Even though they have rarely been applied to resurging traditional leaders, existing theories of institutional choice are likely to yield important insights when applied to different models of mixed governa…
Colonial legacy, private property, and rural development
Does the legacy of direct colonial rule, through its impact on property rights security, affect rural development in Africa? Although mainstream economic theory links secure property rights to development, extant micro-level evidence from the continent remains mixed. We take advantage of a natural experiment in Namibia, exploiting as-if random application of direct colonial rule that later affected property rights security. Using detailed census …
Traditional Authority and State Legitimacy
Do African traditional leaders weaken state legitimacy at the local level? Past scholarship raises the possibility that unelected chiefs might undermine trust in national-level institutions. Relying on an original map of areas governed by chiefs and survey data from Namibia, this study examines whether respondents governed by traditional leaders are less likely to trust state institutions. The main finding is that compared to individuals not livi…
Early Statehood and Support for Autocratic Rule in Africa
Recent work highlights the importance of pre-modern political practices for explaining persistent institutional features, including representative democracy. Typically, this argument is institutional in nature—pre-industrial practices are hypothesized to either bolster or retard the transmission of democratic institutions. This article proposes a separate channel through which legacies of early statehood continue to impact the prospects of democr…
One Size Fits All
While much has been written about the resurgence of traditional authorities in sub-Saharan Africa, we know less about what explains differences in the institutional and regulatory frameworks that link traditional leaders to formal governments. Even though they have rarely been applied to resurging traditional leaders, existing theories of institutional choice are likely to yield important insights when applied to different models of mixed governa…
The Precolonial Origins of African Nationalism
What explains the degree of national attachment expressed by contemporary Africans? Using historical data on early African statehood and survey responses from across the continent, I show that national identification among contemporary Africans was jointly shaped by the socialization efforts of precolonial rulers and the form of colonial rule employed by European administrators. In areas where precolonial rulers socialized their subjects to a com…
Liberation Wars as Critical Junctures
Under what conditions do the distributional legacies of settler colonialism persist? Much of past research has operated under the assumption that differing colonial experiences constituted critical junctures whose effects have more often than not endured. Analysts have pointed to settler colonialism as a crucial determinant of present levels of income inequality in former settler colonies. However, a closer look at historical data suggests that w…
Traditional Authority and State Legitimacy
Do African traditional leaders weaken state legitimacy at the local level? Past scholarship raises the possibility that unelected chiefs might undermine trust in national-level institutions. Relying on an original map of areas governed by chiefs and survey data from Namibia, this study examines whether respondents governed by traditional leaders are less likely to trust state institutions. The main finding is that compared to individuals not livi…
Traditional Authority and State Legitimacy
Do African traditional leaders weaken state legitimacy at the local level? Past scholarship raises the possibility that unelected chiefs might undermine trust in national-level institutions. Relying on an original map of areas governed by chiefs and survey data from Namibia, this study examines whether respondents governed by traditional leaders are less likely to trust state institutions. The main finding is that compared to individuals not livi…
One Size Fits All
While much has been written about the resurgence of traditional authorities in sub-Saharan Africa, we know less about what explains differences in the institutional and regulatory frameworks that link traditional leaders to formal governments. Even though they have rarely been applied to resurging traditional leaders, existing theories of institutional choice are likely to yield important insights when applied to different models of mixed governa…
Colonial legacy, private property, and rural development
Does the legacy of direct colonial rule, through its impact on property rights security, affect rural development in Africa? Although mainstream economic theory links secure property rights to development, extant micro-level evidence from the continent remains mixed. We take advantage of a natural experiment in Namibia, exploiting as-if random application of direct colonial rule that later affected property rights security. Using detailed census …
Liberation Wars as Critical Junctures
Under what conditions do the distributional legacies of settler colonialism persist? Much of past research has operated under the assumption that differing colonial experiences constituted critical junctures whose effects have more often than not endured. Analysts have pointed to settler colonialism as a crucial determinant of present levels of income inequality in former settler colonies. However, a closer look at historical data suggests that w…
Early Statehood and Support for Autocratic Rule in Africa
Recent work highlights the importance of pre-modern political practices for explaining persistent institutional features, including representative democracy. Typically, this argument is institutional in nature—pre-industrial practices are hypothesized to either bolster or retard the transmission of democratic institutions. This article proposes a separate channel through which legacies of early statehood continue to impact the prospects of democr…
African traditional institutions and support for democracy
Existing research emphasizes popular support for democracy as a key ingredient of democratic regime consolidation. Both formal and informal institutions are commonly seen as the key actors that generate the requisite attitudinal shift, socializing ordinary citizens to adopt democratic values. It is thus puzzling that existing studies of attitudes towards democracy in the developing world have neglected to consider the impact of widely prevalent t…
Seeing is believing
Can gender quotas voluntarily adopted by political parties alter stereotypical views about women in politics? This article examines Namibia’s SWAPO, an electorally dominant party that introduced a 50/50 gender quota in 2013. Using an event study design, I analyze public attitudes before and after the 2014 elections, when women elected due to the quotas entered Parliament. The findings reveal that increased female representation had a positive imp…
The Precolonial Origins of African Nationalism
What explains the degree of national attachment expressed by contemporary Africans? Using historical data on early African statehood and survey responses from across the continent, I show that national identification among contemporary Africans was jointly shaped by the socialization efforts of precolonial rulers and the form of colonial rule employed by European administrators. In areas where precolonial rulers socialized their subjects to a com…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (4 works) · Development economics (4 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works)