Rural democracy : elections and development in Africa

Rural democracy : elections and development in Africa / Robin Harding.

How have African rulers responded to the introduction of democratic electoral competition? Despite the broadly negative picture painted by the prevailing focus on electoral fraud, clientelism, and ethnic conflict, the book argues that the full story is somewhat more promising. While these unfortunat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harding, Robin F. H. (Robin Francis Hope), 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:Oxford studies in African politics and international relations.
Subjects:
Democracy > Africa.
Democracy
Africa
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: Elections and Rural Development
  • 3: Urban Incumbent Hostility
  • 4: Democracy's Rural Dividend
  • 5: Microfoundations: Voting for Public Goods in Ghana
  • 6: Mechanisms: Historical Evidence from Botswana
  • 7: Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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