Electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa : causes and consequences / Stephanie M. Burchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burchard, Stephanie M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Elections.

Democracy--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Democracy.

Political violence--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Political violence.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--21st century.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : FirstForumPress, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After decades of experimentation with various forms of dictatorship and autocracy, most sub-Saharan African countries adopted multiparty elections in the 1990s—a development widely celebrated as a sign that the region was moving toward democracy. This embrace of elections, however, has often been accompanied by unanticipated violence, raising important questions: Are violent elections a normal part of the process in new democracies? Does the quality and conduct of elections matter for democratic consolidation? Most fundamentally, what does the persistence of electoral violence mean for the future of democracy in Africa? Addressing these questions with a combination of rigorous qualitative and quantitative approaches, Stephanie Burchard explores both the causes and consequences of electoral violence in sub-Saharan Africa.

Contents:

The violence of voting in Africa

The political context of electoral violence

Kenya : strategic electoral violence

Senegal : incidental electoral violence

Liberia : post-conflict electoral violence

Electoral violence and voter turnout

Electoral violence and democratic attitudes

Electoral violence and the future of democracy in Africa.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-540-2

OCLC:

1334343626