Voting in fear : electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dorina A. Bekoe, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bekoe, Dorina Akosua Oduraa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.

Elections.

Political violence--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.

Political violence.

History.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

ix, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace, 2012.

Summary:

Nine contributors present pioneering work on the scope and nature of electoral violence in Africa, investigate the forms electoral violence takes; and analyze the factors that precipitate, reduce, and prevent violence. Voting in Fear breaks ground with findings from the only known dataset of electoral violence in sub-Saharan Africa, spanning 1990 to 2008. Case studies of electoral violence in countries such as Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria aid further understanding of the circumstances under which electoral violence occurs, recedes, or recurs. Combining issue-driven research with in-depth empirical insights, contributors link electoral violence to past histories of violence, close elections, a state's declining economic fortunes, and weak institutions.

Voting in Fear offers concrete recommendations on how international, regional, and local institutions can help reduce or prevent electoral violence. Electoral violence is not inevitable, and understanding the political context in which an election takes place is critical to predicting and forestalling violence. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: the scope and quality of electoral violence in Africa

Democratization and electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2008

Evaluating election-related violence in Africa: Nigeria and Sudan in comparative perspective

Land patronage and elections: winners and losers in Zimbabwe and Côte d'Ivoire electoral

Postelection political agreements: temporary measures for stopping electoral violence?

The political economy of Kenya's crisis

A disturbance or a massacre? the consequences of electoral violence in Ethiopia

Preventing electoral violence: lessons from Ghana

Conclusion: implications for research and policy.

ISBN:

9781601271365

1601271360

OCLC:

794272103