Assessing areas of governance
- What effect do ethnically-dominated party systems have on democracy?
- R. Dowd (ed); M. Driessen (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- With the (re)introduction of multiparty elections in the early 1990s, ethnically dominated party systems have dominated sub-Saharan Africa. Political parties have been distinguished more for who they represent rather than what they re...
- Traditional leaders and elected officials in modern Africa
- Afrobarometer, 2008
- Modern African governments have struggled with how best to relate to traditional leaders. Their role in modern African democracies is complex and multifaceted with “traditionalists” on one side and “modernists”...
- Public attitudes and implications of political party competition in Africa
- C. Logan (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- The re-introduction of multiparty electoral politics into much of Africa since the early 1990s was widely hailed as a promising new beginning. Analysts of African political party systems frequently assert that political parties a...
- The ethnic factor in Kenyan electoral choices
- M. Bratton (ed); M. Kimenyi (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- The introduction of multiparty politics to Kenya in 1991 led to the population splintering along ethnic groupings. The first multiparty election in 1992 therefore rotated around ethnic alignments as were the 1997 general elections. Bu...
- Exploring democratic choice
- R. Sarsfield (ed); F. Echegaray (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- Standard arguments of rationality applied to individual political decisions do not take into account the plurality of forms of political reasoning in the process of preference formation. Scholars tend to rely on an economic model of p...
- Exploring irregular modes of electioneering in Nigeria
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2008
- Vote buying and political intimidation are important, if epiphenomenal, dimensions of Nigerian election campaigns. According to survey-based estimates, fewer than one out of five Nigerians is personally exposed to vote buying and fewe...
- Corruption and politics in sub-saharan Africa: analysing the impact
- E. Lavallee; M. Razafindrakoto; F. Rouband / Afrobarometer, 2008
- This paper analyzes the impact of corruption on the extent of trust in political institutions. More specifically, the author set out to test the “efficient grease” hypothesis that corruption can strengthen citizens’ ...
- Do personalism and clientelism structure voting behavior in Africa?
- D. Young (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2009
- African politics is commonly characterized as clientelistic, having evolved from the concept of “neo-patrimonalism,” in the post-colonial authoritarian era. Neo-patrimonalism is a system where politicians are given jobs in...
- African electoral systems: assessing the lack of competitiveness
- W. Cho (ed); C. Logan (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2009
- The third African wave of democratization started in Namibia in 1989 and the prospects for democratization remain one of the most important political issues on the continent. However, the progress toward the more demanding goals of de...
- Kenya and vote-buying: analysing the effects
- E. Kramon / Afrobarometer, 2009
- Vote-buying has and continues to be pervasive in many electoral regimes. Yet the relationship between vote-buying and citizen behavior, particularly in the context of the secret ballot, remains largely unknown. In this paper the autho...
- What effect do ethnically-dominated party systems have on democracy?
- R. Dowd (ed); M. Driessen (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- With the (re)introduction of multiparty elections in the early 1990s, ethnically dominated party systems have dominated sub-Saharan Africa. Political parties have been distinguished more for who they represent rather than what they re...
- Traditional leaders and elected officials in modern Africa
- Afrobarometer, 2008
- Modern African governments have struggled with how best to relate to traditional leaders. Their role in modern African democracies is complex and multifaceted with “traditionalists” on one side and “modernists”...
- Public attitudes and implications of political party competition in Africa
- C. Logan (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- The re-introduction of multiparty electoral politics into much of Africa since the early 1990s was widely hailed as a promising new beginning. Analysts of African political party systems frequently assert that political parties a...
- The ethnic factor in Kenyan electoral choices
- M. Bratton (ed); M. Kimenyi (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- The introduction of multiparty politics to Kenya in 1991 led to the population splintering along ethnic groupings. The first multiparty election in 1992 therefore rotated around ethnic alignments as were the 1997 general elections. Bu...
- Exploring democratic choice
- R. Sarsfield (ed); F. Echegaray (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2008
- Standard arguments of rationality applied to individual political decisions do not take into account the plurality of forms of political reasoning in the process of preference formation. Scholars tend to rely on an economic model of p...
- Exploring irregular modes of electioneering in Nigeria
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2008
- Vote buying and political intimidation are important, if epiphenomenal, dimensions of Nigerian election campaigns. According to survey-based estimates, fewer than one out of five Nigerians is personally exposed to vote buying and fewe...
- Corruption and politics in sub-saharan Africa: analysing the impact
- E. Lavallee; M. Razafindrakoto; F. Rouband / Afrobarometer, 2008
- This paper analyzes the impact of corruption on the extent of trust in political institutions. More specifically, the author set out to test the “efficient grease” hypothesis that corruption can strengthen citizens’ ...
- Do personalism and clientelism structure voting behavior in Africa?
- D. Young (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2009
- African politics is commonly characterized as clientelistic, having evolved from the concept of “neo-patrimonalism,” in the post-colonial authoritarian era. Neo-patrimonalism is a system where politicians are given jobs in...
- African electoral systems: assessing the lack of competitiveness
- W. Cho (ed); C. Logan (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2009
- The third African wave of democratization started in Namibia in 1989 and the prospects for democratization remain one of the most important political issues on the continent. However, the progress toward the more demanding goals of de...
- Kenya and vote-buying: analysing the effects
- E. Kramon / Afrobarometer, 2009
- Vote-buying has and continues to be pervasive in many electoral regimes. Yet the relationship between vote-buying and citizen behavior, particularly in the context of the secret ballot, remains largely unknown. In this paper the autho...
- Open Budget Initiative (OBI)
- The Open Budget Initiative (Initiative) is a global research and advocacy program which seeks to promote public access to budget information and the adoption of accountable budget systems. IBP launched the Initiative with the Open Budget Survey—an analysis and survey that evaluates whether governments give the public access to budget information and opportunities to participate i...
