Regional initiatives of assessing governance
- 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...
- Decentralization through the Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
- S. Menon (ed) / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2007
- At independence, about a third of the villages in India had flourishing traditional Panchayats. The government decided to promote their creation as effective units of local self- government with the aim of fostering democratic partici...
- How responsive is local governance to citizens' needs in sub-Saharan Africa?
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The daily lives of Africans remain relatively untouched by the agents and institutions of a central state. Ordinary people are more likely to experience day-to-day interactions with local government entities or with informal, tra...
- Resource inequalities and political participation in Africa
- A. Isaksson (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Political equality is at the heart of democracy although the ‘one person one vote’ notion is not sufficient to ensure political equality in this sense. This paper explores political participation in Africa and is motivated...
- Africa: what does 'democracy' mean?
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Recent years have seen a remarkable proliferation of comparative survey research within political science and cognate disciplines. To a greater or lesser extent these studies seek to capture public attitudes towards democracy, both on...
- Testing the limits of public opinion data in the measurement of democratic quality
- C. Logan (ed); R. Mattes (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- African governments arguably are deficient in democratizing their interactions with citizens through mechanisms of vertical accountability and responsiveness. Quality of democracy goes beyond the narrow assessment of stability and end...
- 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...
- Decentralization through the Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
- S. Menon (ed) / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2007
- At independence, about a third of the villages in India had flourishing traditional Panchayats. The government decided to promote their creation as effective units of local self- government with the aim of fostering democratic partici...
- How responsive is local governance to citizens' needs in sub-Saharan Africa?
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- The daily lives of Africans remain relatively untouched by the agents and institutions of a central state. Ordinary people are more likely to experience day-to-day interactions with local government entities or with informal, tra...
- Resource inequalities and political participation in Africa
- A. Isaksson (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Political equality is at the heart of democracy although the ‘one person one vote’ notion is not sufficient to ensure political equality in this sense. This paper explores political participation in Africa and is motivated...
- Africa: what does 'democracy' mean?
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2010
- Recent years have seen a remarkable proliferation of comparative survey research within political science and cognate disciplines. To a greater or lesser extent these studies seek to capture public attitudes towards democracy, both on...
- Testing the limits of public opinion data in the measurement of democratic quality
- C. Logan (ed); R. Mattes (ed) / Afrobarometer, 2010
- African governments arguably are deficient in democratizing their interactions with citizens through mechanisms of vertical accountability and responsiveness. Quality of democracy goes beyond the narrow assessment of stability and end...
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