ISBN:
9781108417235
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9781108404723
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 359 Seiten
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Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cheeseman, Professor Nic The moral economy of elections in africa
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cheeseman, Nic, 1979 - The moral economy of elections in Africa
DDC:
342.6/07
Keywords:
Election law
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Elections Economic aspects
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Elections Moral and ethical aspects
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Voting
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Democracy
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Abstimmung
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Demokratie
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Wahlsystem
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Abstimmung
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Demokratie
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Wahlsystem
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Africa Politics and government
Abstract:
Do elections turn people into democratic citizens? Elections have long been seen as a way to foster democracy, development and security in Africa, with many hoping that the secret ballot would transform states. Adopting a new approach that focusses on the moral economy of elections, Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch and Justin Willis show how elections are shaped by competing visions of what it means to be a good leader, bureaucrat or citizen. Using a mixed-methods study of elections in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, they explore moral claims made by officials, politicians, civil society, international observers and voters themselves. This radical new lens reveals that elections are the site of intense moral contestation, which helps to explain why there is such vigourous participation in processes that often seem flawed. Demonstrating the impact of these debates on six decades of electoral practice, they explain why the behaviour of those involved so frequently transgresses national law and international norms, as well as the ways in which such transgressions are evaluated and critiqued – so that despite the purported significance of 'vote-buying', the candidates that spend the most do not always win.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 308-347. - Index
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Towards a moral economy of elections in Africa
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Elections, states and citizens : a history of the ballot in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda
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Promoting civic virtue
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National exercises : making states and citizens through the ballot
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The eyes of the world are upon us : the aspirations and limitations of international election observation
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Creating democrats : civil society and voter education
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The moral economy in action
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Performing virtue : politicians, leadership, and election campaigns
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Navigating multiple moralities : popular expectations and experiences of the polls
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