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    Democracy index 2010: democracy in retreat

    Economist Intelligence Unit, 2010
    Free and fair elections and civil liberties are necessary conditions for democracy. However, they are unlikely to be sufficient for a full and consolidated democracy, if unaccompanied by transparent and at least minimally efficient government, sufficient political participation and a supportive democratic political culture. It is not easy to build a sturdy democracy.
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    Citizen perceptions of local government responsiveness in sub-Saharan Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2010
    The daily lives of Africans remain relatively untouched by the agents and institutions of a central state.
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    Political Participation in Africa: Participatory Inequalities and the Role of Resources

    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 by the importance of broad-based citizen engagement for equitable democratic development in the emerging African democracies.
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    Anchoring the 'D-Word' in Africa

    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 the demand side and the supply side.
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    Democratizing the measurement of democratic quality: public attitude data and the evaluation of African political regimes

    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 endurance of democratic political regimes. This paper tests the limits of public opinion data in the measurement of democratic quality.
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    Understanding citizens attitudes to democracy in Uganda

    Afrobarometer, 2010
    After nearly 30 years of autocratic rule and civil war, Uganda returned to elective national government in 1996. But while elections resumed, political parties were allowed to exist but legally prevented from directly fielding candidates for those elections.
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    Zambia Broadcasting Survey

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2010
    The report  begins with a comprehensive audit of existing media laws and other legislation, with an impact on freedom of expression, and a critical in-depth assessment of the legal and regulatory framework in which broadcasting presently operates in Zambia. This is followed by a detailed study of the state broadcaster – its organisation, its finances, its policies, and the
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    Anti-corruption strategies in some South-Eastern European states. An empirical study on the impact of the government performance

    Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2010
    The pursuit for efficient anti-corruption strategies exists in most states, especially in the developing countries. In the last decades, transnational actors like the UN, World Bank, OECD, EU and so on have been promoting anti-corruption strategies.
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    Effective support to political parties: A missing piece of the governance puzzle

    Overseas Development Institute, 2010
    Donors have at times been unrealistic about what is politically achievable, and have failed to recognise that imposing reforms without domestic support does not work. Political parties are often sidelined, reflecting concerns about political sensitivities.
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    Between the people and the constitution: the constitutional role(s) of the legislature

    The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, 2009
    Legislatures do not simply function under the constitution, but play certain important roles in relation to the constitution. The legislature’s role in government is both enabled and limited by constitutional rules and representative legislatures connect ‘the people’ to the constitutional system of government.

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