Rural Democracy - Elections and Development in Africa

This book examines how African rulers have responded to the introduction of democratic electoral competition, and how this has resulted in rural development.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Elections and Rural Development


• 3: Urban Incumbent Hostility


• 4: Democracy's Rural Dividend


• 5: Microfoundations: Voting for Public Goods in Ghana


• 6: Mechanisms: Historical Evidence from Botswana


• 7: Conclusion

About the author

Robin Harding is Associate Professor of Government (Quantitative Methods) at the University of Oxford and the Gillian Peele Fellow in Politics at Lady Margaret Hall. He was previously a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College (2012-13) and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester (2013-15). He gained his PhD in Political Science from New York University in 2012. His research is concerned primarily with the political economy of development, with a focus on the impact of electoral competition on the provision and distribution of public goods and services. His research has been published in World Politics, the Journal of Politics, the Journal of African Economies, and Economics and Philosophy.

Summary

This book examines how African rulers have responded to the introduction of democratic electoral competition, and how this has resulted in rural development.

Additional text

a breath of fresh air...The variety and breadth of evidence presented in the book are impressive, offering something for everyone

Product details

• Authors: Robin Harding, Robin (Associate Professor of Government Harding, Harding Robin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780192882059
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288205-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Oxford Studies In African Politics And International Relations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Development Studies, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage