Essays about: "Elections in Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Elections in Africa.

  1. 1. Weaponizing Ambiguity : How do nationalist political attitudes in pre-election periods influence anti-immigrant voting  in the MENA region?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Cécile Landiech; [2024]
    Keywords : nationalism; anti-immigration; Middle East; North Africa; Kais Saied; Recep Tayyip Erdogan;

    Abstract : This research paper explores the effect of nationalist attitudes on anti-immigrant voting, focusing on the securitisation of migrants and its influence on anti-immigrant sentiments as a causal mechanism. Previous research indicates a correlation between shock events such as a vast influx of migrants and the perception of competition as precursors to anti-immigrant voting. READ MORE

  3. 2. One-Party Dominance and Democratic Backsliding in Botswana and Tanzania: Whither Peace and Development?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Issa Noor Omary; [2023]
    Keywords : One-party Dominance Dominant Party System; Dominant Party; Substantive Democracy; Democratic Backsliding; Third Wave of Autocratisation; Path-Dependence; Peace and Development; Botswana; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and autocracies alike. The ongoing democratic backsliding is attributed to a range of factors. From “executive aggrandisement” and strategic manipulation of elections to "autocratic lawfare”. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ethnic Sentiments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Akinbolaji Wiwoloku; [2022]
    Keywords : Ethnicity; voting behavior; Multicultural society; Election and Nigeria; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Voting behavior influences the electoral process and voting pattern in every democratic government. When it especially pertains to any multicultural society there is often this global applicability of similar tendency to have similar historical reality when it comes to voting behavior. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ghana’s Fourth Republic and Transition to Democracy : A study by the “Two-turnover test” of Ghana’s transition to democratic governance

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Zaccheus Idun; [2022]
    Keywords : Democracy; Transition to democracy; Third wave countries; Two-turnover test; National Elections and Ethnocentrism;

    Abstract : Transition to democracy have been a complex and difficult process for many thirdwave democratic countries across the globe. In Ghana, past military governments, role of political parties, rule of law, ethnocentrism and human rights abuses and have played a key role in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and fourth attempt to democratic governance. READ MORE

  6. 5. National Inter-religious Councils and Electoral Violence Restraint in Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Joanna Nakabiito; [2022]
    Keywords : electoral violence prevention; political violence; social power; religious institutions; peacebuilding; moderation effects; religions for peace; statistical study; quasi-experimental research;

    Abstract : A handful of studies have shown that National Inter-religious Councils (NIRCs) contribute to electoral violence prevention. However, no quantitative study has evaluated the impact of their interventions and the conditions under which they lower electoral violence. READ MORE