Controlling Territory, Controlling Voters - The Electoral Geography of African Campaign Violence

In Controlling Territory, Controlling Voters Wahman focuses on the political geography of election violence in Africa, particularly in Zambia and Malawi, building on one important observation: elections in many African countries are highly regional and the support for political parties are rarely nationalized.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: An Electoral Geography Theory of Campaign Violence


• 3: Democracy, Elections, and Electoral Geography in Zambia


• 4: Campaign Violence in Zambia


• 5: Individual-level Fear, Electoral Geography, and Political Participation in Zambia


• 6: Democracy, Elections, and Electoral Geography in Malawi


• 7: Election Violence in Malawi


• 8: Extending the Argument


• 9: Conclusion


• Appendix

About the author

Michael Wahman is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University. Previously he held research and teaching positions at University of Missouri, London School of Economics, and University of Texas at Austin. His research on African elections and democratization has been published in journals such as American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Journal of Peace Research, and Political Geography.

Summary

In Controlling Territory, Controlling Voters Wahman focuses on the political geography of election violence in Africa, particularly in Zambia and Malawi, building on one important observation: elections in many African countries are highly regional and the support for political parties are rarely nationalized.

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Product details

• Authors: Michael Wahman, Michael (Associate Professor Wahman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2023
• EAN: 9780198872825
• ISBN: 978-0-19-887282-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Studies In African Politics And International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Political structures: democracy, Violence in society, Elections & referenda, Violence and abuse in society, Elections and referenda / suffrage