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Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa

Does having more regular elections improve democratic performance in Africa? And have elections transformed the patterns of alternation in government? To answer these questions, two analyses are conducted drawing on an original dataset of 179 elections in 27 African countries, from the founding mult...

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প্রধান লেখক:	Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues, Macuane, José Jaime
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প্রকাশিত:	Cadernos de Estudos Africanos 2020
বিষয়গুলি:	Africa alternation in government democratic transition level of political competition quality of elections África alternância no governo transição democrática grau de competição política qualidade das eleições
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:cea_4227 https://doi.org/10.4000/cea.4227 urn:doi:10.4000/cea.4227 en https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4227 2020-03-09T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dn7r https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa Cadernos de Estudos Africanos Centro de Estudos Internacionais info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2182-7400 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-3794 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cea Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues Macuane, José Jaime Africa alternation in government democratic transition level of political competition quality of elections África alternância no governo transição democrática grau de competição política qualidade das eleições Does having more regular elections improve democratic performance in Africa? And have elections transformed the patterns of alternation in government? To answer these questions, two analyses are conducted drawing on an original dataset of 179 elections in 27 African countries, from the founding multiparty elections until 2019. The first tests the effects of alternation in government on democratic performance and shows that while alternation in government in the founding elections improves democratic performance, opposition victories in subsequent elections do not produce democratic gains. The second examines why alternation in government is more frequent in certain countries than in others; and reveals that the odds of turnover are increased by alternation in government in the founding elections, the level of political competition and the quality of elections. These findings contribute to literature linking elections, democracy and turnover in Africa. Eleições regulares melhoram o desempenho da democracia em África? E qual o efeito das eleições nos padrões de competição pelo governo? Respondemos a estas questões através de duas análises empíricas que utilizam uma base de dados original com eleições realizadas em 17 países africanos desde as eleições fundadoras da era multipartidária até 2019. A primeira testa o efeito da alternância no governo no desempenho da democracia, e demonstra que enquanto a alternância no governo nas eleições fundadoras melhora o desempenho da democracia no futuro, a vitória da oposição em eleições subsequentes não produz ganhos democráticos. A segunda examina porquê alguns países experimentam maior alternância no governo e outros menos; e revela que a probabilidade de alternância ao longo do tempo é maior, quando também houve alternância nas eleições fundadoras do multipartidarismo e as eleições são mais competitivas e justas. Estes resultados contribuem para a literatura que associa eleições, democracia e alternância em África.
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topic	Africa alternation in government democratic transition level of political competition quality of elections África alternância no governo transição democrática grau de competição política qualidade das eleições
spellingShingle	Africa alternation in government democratic transition level of political competition quality of elections África alternância no governo transição democrática grau de competição política qualidade das eleições Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues Macuane, José Jaime Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
description	Does having more regular elections improve democratic performance in Africa? And have elections transformed the patterns of alternation in government? To answer these questions, two analyses are conducted drawing on an original dataset of 179 elections in 27 African countries, from the founding multiparty elections until 2019. The first tests the effects of alternation in government on democratic performance and shows that while alternation in government in the founding elections improves democratic performance, opposition victories in subsequent elections do not produce democratic gains. The second examines why alternation in government is more frequent in certain countries than in others; and reveals that the odds of turnover are increased by alternation in government in the founding elections, the level of political competition and the quality of elections. These findings contribute to literature linking elections, democracy and turnover in Africa.
author	Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues Macuane, José Jaime
author_facet	Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues Macuane, José Jaime
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title	Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_short	Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_full	Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_fullStr	Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa
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