The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa: Democracy, Voting and Virtue

ISBN-13: 9781108404723 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str.

Nic Cheeseman; Gabrielle Lynch; Justin Willis

Opis

A radical new approach to understanding Africa's elections: explaining why politicians, bureaucrats and voters so frequently break electoral rules.

Recenzje

'Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty.' C. E. Welch, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction. Writing African elections; 1. Towards a moral economy of elections in Africa; 2. Elections, states and citizens: a history of the ballot in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda; Part I. Promoting Civic Virtue: National Exercises: 3. Making states and citizens through the ballot; 4. The eyes of the world are upon us: the aspirations and limitations of international election observation; 5. Creating democrats: Civil society and voter education; Part II. The Moral Economy in Action: 6. Performing virtue: politicians, leadership and election campaigns; 7. Navigating multiple moralities: popular expectations and experiences of the polls; 9. Conclusion: the electoral fallacy revisited.