Essays about: "Electoral systems in Africa"

Found 5 essays containing the words Electoral systems in Africa.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. E-voting: Is it a Solution for Central Africa? A case of the Cameroon Electoral Process

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Jerome Apana Anyangwe; [2018-10-26]
    Keywords : electoral process; paper ballot; E-voting; election;

    Abstract : Empirical evidence suggests that election malpractices are a common feature in most third world electoral systems. As a result, many of these nations are adopting e-voting to conduct free, fair and transparent elections as opposed to the paper ballot system. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gender (in)equality and electoral violence : A cross-national study in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2008

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Cornelia Norman; [2018]
    Keywords : elections; violence; gender equality;

    Abstract : This paper examines to what extent gender equality correlates with electoral violence, through a quantitative study of 220 elections that have taken place in sub-Saharan African countries between 1990 and 2008. As such, it has a two-folded purpose. READ MORE

  5. 4. Possibilities of Electoral Reform in Zambia : A Study on Electoral Systems in Zambia and its Consequences

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Oscar Ekdahl; [2007]
    Keywords : Electoral Systems; Electoral Reform; Democratization; Zambia;

    Abstract : Abstract The topic of this thesis is electoral systems and electoral reform in Zambia. In Africa, democratization is on its way in many countries. However, the democratic upswing in the early 1990s was in most countries followed by a standstill. READ MORE

  6. 5. Time to Polish the Pearl of Africa - Institutional Design and Conflict Management in Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kajsa Carlsson; [2005]
    Keywords : Electoral Systems; Ethnicity; Institutional Design; Conflict; Uganda; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Democratization of plural societies is an oft-cited source of identity-based conflict. It has come to a point where concepts such as transition and stability sometimes are polarized by scholars and politicians and this is the case in Uganda. READ MORE