Democracy and Elections in Africa

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ID6324829
AuthorsJames R Scarritt (University of Colorado System, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume5
Issue4
Pages848-849
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1537592707072581
OpenAlexW2013744233
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Democracy and Elections in Africa. By Steffan Lindberg. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 240p. $55.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. This book is an original, important, and in many ways impressive study that will make a contribution to both electoral and Africanist scholarship. The author's central argument is that repetitive elections (three or more) increase the democratic qualities of regimes and broaden and deepen civil liberties in societies. This argument is carefully placed within democratic theory and rigorously tested by a dense and generally sophisticated empirical analysis, although I have criticisms regarding the tightness of the theory and two variables used in the empirical analysis

Argument (complex analysis · Civil liberties · Democracy · Democratic Theory · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Scholarship · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance

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