Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa

ISBN-13: 9780521841917 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 488 str.

Michael Bratton; Robert Britt Mattes; Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi

Opis

Based on the Afrobarometer, a survey research project, this examination of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa reveals what ordinary Africans think about democracy and market reforms, subjects on which almost nothing is otherwise known. The authors reveal that widespread support for democracy in Africa is shallow and that Africans consequently feel trapped between state and market. Although they are learning about reform through knowledge and experience, it is assumed that few countries are likely to attain full-fledged democratic market status anytime soon.

Recenzje

'As the first comprehensive review of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa, this book is essential reading for those interested in democracy and development - and will have a dramatic impact on the political economy of reform in Africa and elsewhere.' Foreign Affairs

Spis treści

Introduction: 1. A tale of two presidents; 2. Taking account of adjustments; 3. Setting an agenda; 4. Overview of contents; Part I. Framework: Africa's Hybrid Regimes: 5. A decade of political reforms, 1990–2001; 6. Two decades of economic reforms, 1982–2001; 7. Dual transitions: compartibilities and contradictions; 8. Demand, supply, and regime consolidation; 9. Deriving public opinion: studying public opinion in Africa; 10. Competing theories, rival hypotheses; 11. Towards a learning approach; 12. Survey research in Africa; 13. The afrobarometer: an appropriate method?; 14. A quest for comparison; Part II. Popular Attitudes to Reform: Attitudes to Democracy: 15. Understanding of democracy; 16. Support for democracy; 17. Rejection of alternative regimes; 18. Satisfaction with democracy; 19. Wide but shallow; 20. The extent of democracy: attitudes to a market economy: 21. The popular development agenda; 22. Between state and market; 23. Awareness of economic reforms; 24. Support for economic reforms; 25. Satisfaction with economic reforms; 26. Economic patience?: economic and political behavior; 27. Living standards; 28. Securing economic livelihoods; 29. Compliance and the law; 30. Varieties of political participation; 31. Defending democracy?; 32. From attitudes to behavior; Part III. Competing Explanations: The Structure of Society: 33. Demographic determinants; 34. Varieties of sub-nationalism; 35. The burden of poverty; 36. Structural models: cultural values; 37. Self-identities; 38. Interpersonal trust; 39. An emergent individualism; 40. Cultural models; awareness of public affairs; 41. The spark of education; 42. Exposure to mass media; 43. Cognitive engagement; 44. Political and economic knowledge; 45. The eye of the beholder; 46. Cognitive models: performance evaluations; 47. Evaluating the economy; 48. The corruption of the state?; 49. Assessing regime performance; 50. Grading the government; 51. A representation gap?; 52. Performance models: institutional influences; 53. Associational life; 54. Party identification: political participation; 55. Economic participation; 56. Institutional models; Part IV. Explaining Reform Constituencies: Modeling Attitudes to Reform: 57. Modeling demand for democracy; 58. Modeling the supply of democracy; 59. Modeling demand for a market economy; 60. Modeling the supply of economic reform; 61. Paths to reform: a learning process: predicting political participation; 62. Voting; 63. Protesting; 64. Communing and contacting; 64. Vote choice; 65. Defending democracy; 66. Political participation: cause or effect?: deciphering regime consolidation; 67. The effects of 'country'; 68. Demand, supply, and regime consolidation (revisited); 69. The consolidation of African political regimes; 70. The correlates of consolidation; 71. Economic versus political legacies; 72. The study of Africa; 73. Theories of social change; 74. Strategies of development.