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    A Country turning blue?: political party support and the end of regionalism in Malawi

    Afrobarometer, 2009
    After Malawi’s seminal 1994 elections in which the country made the transition back to multiparty politics, commentators were alarmed at how regionalistic the voting pattern appeared to be.   Northerners had voted overwhelmingly (88%) for Chakufwa Chihana, the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) candidate.  A large majority (64%) of those in Central Region had thrown their support
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    Proportional representation and popular assessments of MP performance in South Africa: a desire for electoral reform?

    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 electoral system as one of its components.
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    Observance of the Rule of Law in Mozambique

    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 process has focused as much on rule of law and accountability procedures, as on civil, political and social rights and liberties, or political competition.
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    What can the Afrobarometer tell us about service delivery in Africa?

    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 rural areas – is unlikely to enjoy many of these amenities.
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    Ethnically dominated party systems and the quality of democracy: evidence from sub-saharan Africa

    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 represent making them indistinguishable from each other in terms of the programs and policies.
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    Traditional leaders in modern Africa: can democracy and the chief co-exist?

    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” on the other.
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    Rejecting the disloyal opposition? The trust gap in mass attitudes toward ruling and opposition parties in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2008
    The re-introduction of multiparty electoral politics into much of Africa since the early 1990s was
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    Voting in Kenya: Putting ethnicity in perspective

    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. But in the 2002, a broad coalition of ethnic groups supported Mwai Kibaki.
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    Looking behind the window: measuring instrumental and normative reasoning in support for democracy

    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 preferences formation, and tend to characterize the underlying psychological basis of preferences formation as utilitarian.
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    Vote buying and violence in Nigerian election campaigns

    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 fewer than one in ten experiences threats of electoral violence.

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