Democratic Backsliding in Africa?
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-286732-2 (ISBN)
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Why have most African countries not achieved greater political liberalization? What explains the lack of progress toward the ideals of liberal democracy across the region? This book advances ongoing debates on democratic backsliding with specific reference to Africa. In examining how incumbent leaders in African countries attempt to contain societal pressures for greater democracy, the chapters explain how governments go beyond the standard tools of manipulation, such as electoral fraud and political violence, to keep democracy from unfolding in their countries. The book emphasizes two distinct strategies that governments frequently use to reinforce their hold on power - the legal system and the international system - but which remain overlooked in conventional analyses; it also documents how governments employ the law to limit the scope of action among citizens and civil society activists struggling to expand democratic liberties, including the use of constitutional provisions and the courts. The work further demonstrates how governments use their role in international relations to neutralize pressure from external actors, including sovereigntist claims against foreign intervention and selective implementation of donor-promoted policies. While pro-democracy actors can also employ these legal and international strategies to challenge incumbents, in some cases to prevent democratic backsliding, the book shows why and how incumbents have enjoyed institutional advantages when implementing these strategies through six country case studies of Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Oxford Studies in African Politics and International Relations is a series for scholars and students working on African politics and International Relations and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on contemporary developments in African political science, political economy, and International Relations, such as electoral politics, democratization, decentralization, the political impact of natural resources, the dynamics and consequences of conflict, and the nature of the continent's engagement with the East and West. Comparative and mixed methods work is particularly encouraged. Case studies are welcomed but should demonstrate the broader theoretical and empirical implications of the study and its wider relevance to contemporary debates. The series focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, although proposals that explain how the region engages with North Africa and other parts of the world are of interest.
Series Editors: Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy and International Development, University of Birmingham; Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Professor of the International Politics of Africa, University of Oxford; Peace Medie, Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies, University of Bristol.
Leonardo R. Arriola is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also Associate Dean of Social Sciences and Director of the Center for African Studies. His research focuses on representation and governance in multiethnic societies. He has published on topics such as inter-ethnic political cooperation, party competition under ethnic polarization, and political violence in divided societies. His work has been published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics. He is co-editor of Women and Power in Africa (OUP, 2021). Lise Rakner is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bergen. Her research interests cover the fields of democratization and autocratization, with particular emphasis on human rights, electoral politics, political parties, and processes of democratic backsliding. She holds an adjunct position at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, and is the PI of two major projects: Breaking BAD: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy in Africa (funded by the Research Council of Norway) and Autocratization Dynamics: Innovations in Research-Embedded Learning. Nicolas van de Walle is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He has published widely on democratization issues and electoral politics, as well as on the politics of economic reform and foreign aid, with a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. His most recent book is Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990: Change in Continuity, co-authored with Jaimie Bleck (CUP, 2018).
1: Leonardo R. Arriola, Lise Rakner, and Nicolas van de Walle: Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Resilience, and Contention
2: Kendra Dupuy, Leonardo R. Arriola, and Lise Rakner: Political Participation and Regime Responses
3: Siri Gloppen, Thalia Gerzso, and Nicolas van de Walle: Legal Strategies: Constitutional, administrative, judicial, and discursive lawfare
4: Lise Rakner and Nicolas van de Walle: International Strategies: Sovereignty Claims and Selective Compliance
5: Franklin Oduro, Lisa-Marie Selvik, and Kendra Dupuy: Ghana: A Stagnated Democratic Trajectory
6: Matthew K. Gichohi and Leonardo R. Arriola: Kenya: Executive Dominance through Constitutional Bargaining
7: Siri Gloppen, Fidelis Kanyongolo, Fiona Shen-Bayh, and Vibeke Wang: Malawi: Democratic Fits and Starts
8: Marja Hinfelaar, Lise Rakner, and Nicolas van de Walle: Zambia: Backsliding in a Presidential Regime
9: Sabiti Makara and Vibeke Wang: Uganda: A Story of Persistent Autocratic Rule
10: Siri Gloppen, Marja Hinfelaar, and Lise Rakner: Zimbabwe: Contested Autocratization
11: Leonardo R. Arriola, Lise Rakner, and Nicolas van de Walle: Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Studies in African Politics and International Relations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 634 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-286732-6 / 0192867326 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-286732-2 / 9780192867322 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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