Time and Power in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3763573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry Bienen (Princeton University), Nicolas Van De Walle (0000-0003-4004-860X, Princeton University) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-34 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1956432 |
| OpenAlex | W2126346681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 16 |
Both rapid leadership turnover and remarkably durable leaders can be found side by side in African systems of personal rule. In order to explain differences in time in power among African leaders we employ life tables analysis and hazard models, a multivariate technique. We find that the risk of losing power is a decreasing function of time that is little affected by country or leader particularities. The best predictor of whether a leader will lose power in any given period is the length of rule up to that point
Econometrics · Economics · Function (biology · Hazard · Multivariate statistics · Order (exchange · Point (geometry · Power (physics · Statistics · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Mathematics · World Systems and Global Transformations
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| Citations per year | 1,28 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2023 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |