Regional initiatives of assessing governance
- Examining public attitudes towards MPs and South Africa's electoral system
- Afrobarometer, 2009
- Electoral reform has been attracting increasing interest in South Africa and a panel of experts has recommended that South Africa’s electoral system be reformed into a mixed system that would include a constituency-based elector...
- Observance of the Rule of Law in Mozambique
- C. Shenga / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The rule of law is a necessary condition for democracy. One of the greatest challenges confronting Africa’s democratic reform process, however, is ensuring the rule of law prevails. Thus, Mozambique’s political reform proc...
- Socio-economic and political consequences of service delivery in Africa
- R. Mattes / Afrobarometer, 2010
- While the delivery of services of such as security, education, water and sanitation and telecommunication are seen in most places around the world as essential responsibilities of the state, the typical African – especially in r...
- Perceptions of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Over the past twenty years, approaches to development in Africa have undergone a fundamental change. Practitioners no longer regard development as a largely technical exercise. Economic growth and social wellbeing are now rarely ...
- Are Kenyan citizens able to participate in local governance?
- W. Mitullah (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Local governance has been glorified as a panacea for development because it is embedded in the decentralization debates, policies and programs across the African continent. However, many citizens are dissatisfied with the performance ...
- 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...
- Examining public attitudes towards MPs and South Africa's electoral system
- Afrobarometer, 2009
- Electoral reform has been attracting increasing interest in South Africa and a panel of experts has recommended that South Africa’s electoral system be reformed into a mixed system that would include a constituency-based elector...
- Observance of the Rule of Law in Mozambique
- C. Shenga / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The rule of law is a necessary condition for democracy. One of the greatest challenges confronting Africa’s democratic reform process, however, is ensuring the rule of law prevails. Thus, Mozambique’s political reform proc...
- Socio-economic and political consequences of service delivery in Africa
- R. Mattes / Afrobarometer, 2010
- While the delivery of services of such as security, education, water and sanitation and telecommunication are seen in most places around the world as essential responsibilities of the state, the typical African – especially in r...
- Perceptions of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Over the past twenty years, approaches to development in Africa have undergone a fundamental change. Practitioners no longer regard development as a largely technical exercise. Economic growth and social wellbeing are now rarely ...
- Are Kenyan citizens able to participate in local governance?
- W. Mitullah (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Local governance has been glorified as a panacea for development because it is embedded in the decentralization debates, policies and programs across the African continent. However, many citizens are dissatisfied with the performance ...
- 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...
We are currently looking for new documents from this country to feature on Eldis. Please contact us if you have any suggestions.
