Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa

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Autor(a) principal: Sanches,Edalina Rodrigues
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Macuane,José Jaime
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: Abstract Does having more regular elections improve democratic performance in Africa? And have elections transformed the patterns of alternation in government? To answer these questions, two analyses are conducted drawing on an original dataset of 179 elections in 27 African countries, from the founding multiparty elections until 2019. The first tests the effects of alternation in government on democratic performance and shows that while alternation in government in the founding elections improves democratic performance, opposition victories in subsequent elections do not produce democratic gains. The second examines why alternation in government is more frequent in certain countries than in others; and reveals that the odds of turnover are increased by alternation in government in the founding elections, the level of political competition and the quality of elections. These findings contribute to literature linking elections, democracy and turnover in Africa.
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title Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
spellingShingle Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
Sanches,Edalina Rodrigues
Africa
alternation in government
democratic transition
level of political competition
quality of elections
title_short Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_full Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_fullStr Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_sort Elections as vehicles for change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
author Sanches,Edalina Rodrigues
author_facet Sanches,Edalina Rodrigues
Macuane,José Jaime
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author2 Macuane,José Jaime
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Macuane,José Jaime
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Africa
alternation in government
democratic transition
level of political competition
quality of elections
topic Africa
alternation in government
democratic transition
level of political competition
quality of elections
description Abstract Does having more regular elections improve democratic performance in Africa? And have elections transformed the patterns of alternation in government? To answer these questions, two analyses are conducted drawing on an original dataset of 179 elections in 27 African countries, from the founding multiparty elections until 2019. The first tests the effects of alternation in government on democratic performance and shows that while alternation in government in the founding elections improves democratic performance, opposition victories in subsequent elections do not produce democratic gains. The second examines why alternation in government is more frequent in certain countries than in others; and reveals that the odds of turnover are increased by alternation in government in the founding elections, the level of political competition and the quality of elections. These findings contribute to literature linking elections, democracy and turnover in Africa.
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