ISBN:
9781786992314
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Africa Now
Series Statement:
Africa Now Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.60967
Keywords:
Elections-Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Political violence-Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Elections-Africa, Sub-Saharan..
;
Political violence-Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A comprehensive examination of the causes of Africa's violent electoral clashes, and the consequences for African democratization and peace-keeping.
Abstract:
Cover -- About the editors -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The everyday politics of electoral violence in Africa -- The phenomenon of electoral violence -- Looking beyond the national: shifting the level of analysis -- Between democracy and Big Man politics -- 'Stomach infrastructure', high stakes, and the struggle for power at the centre -- Competition, ethno-regional politics and close races -- Institutional (dis)incentives and constraints on violence -- Chapter outline -- References -- 1: Ethnic politics and elite competition: the roots of electoral violence in Kenya -- Introduction -- Ethnic politics, identity formation and electoral violence -- Kenya's violent transition -- The 1992 elections -- Exclusionary ethnic identity and victimisation -- Ethnic political mobilisation -- Electoral violence beyond 1992 -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 2: Wielding the stick again: the rise and fall and rise of state violence during presidential elections in Uganda -- Introduction -- Previous research on government-sponsored violence -- Framework and argument: competition, rewards, sanctions and experiences -- Electoral authoritarianism and the ebb and flow of state-organised violence in Uganda -- 1996-2006: from consent to challenge and crackdown -- 2011: toleration outweighing repression -- 2016: repression outweighing toleration again -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 3: Land conflict and electoral violence in Côte d'Ivoire: a micro-level analysis -- Introduction -- Contentious politics around land and elections in Côte d'Ivoire -- Land conflict in the western cocoa regions: a micro-level perspective -- Lack of integration of migrant populations -- Autochthons' loss of land -- The disputed nature of land sales -- The weakening of chieftaincies.
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