Violence and Candidate Nomination in Africa

This comprehensive volume brings together a diverse set of scholars to analyse candidate nomination, intra-party democracy, and election violence in Africa, through a combination of comparative studies and country-specific case studies spanning much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It was originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Candidate nomination, intra-party democracy, and election violence in Africa Merete Bech Seeberg, Michael Wahman and Svend-Erik Skaaning 2. Battleground: candidate selection and violence in Africa’s dominant political parties Shane Mac Giollabhui 3. Fighting for a name on the ballot: constituency-level analysis of nomination violence in Zambia Edward Goldring and Michael Wahman 4. Electoral violence during party primaries in Kenya Fredrick O. Wanyama and Jørgen Elklit 5. Fighting your friends? A study of intra-party violence in sub-Saharan Africa Bryce W. Reeder and Merete Bech Seeberg 6. The Party Paradox: a Comment (February 20, 2018) Nicolas van de Walle

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Merete Bech Seeberg is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark, and affiliated with the CODE project on conflict and democratization. Her research centres on authoritarian elections, electoral manipulation and violence, and democratization. She is the author of State Capacity, Economic Control, and Authoritarian Elections.

Michael Wahman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University, USA. He specializes in democratization and elections in new democracies, particularly on the African continent. His earlier work is published in a wide range of journals including Comparative Politics, Democratization, Electoral Studies, Journal of Peace Research, and Party Politics.

Svend-Erik Skaaning is Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark, and co-principal investigator of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project. His research interests include the conceptualization, measurement, and explanation of democracy and the rule of law. He has published numerous books and articles on these issues.

Zusammenfassung

This comprehensive volume brings together a diverse set of scholars to analyse candidate nomination, intra-party democracy, and election violence in Africa, through a combination of comparative studies and country-specific case studies spanning much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It was originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Merete (Aarhus University Bech Seeberg, Merete Wahman Bech Seeberg, Michael (Michigan State University Wahman
• Mitarbeit: Merete Bech Seeberg (Herausgeber), Merete Bech Seeberg (Herausgeber), Svend-Erik Skaaning (Herausgeber), Skaaning Svend-Erik (Herausgeber), Michael Wahman (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663797
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66379-7
• Seiten: 110
• Serie: Democratization Special Issues
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Comparative Politics, Violence in society, Elections & referenda, Violence and abuse in society, Elections and referenda / suffrage, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies