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An Overview of Election Studies in Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

MICHAEL COWEN  and
LIISA LAAKSO
MICHAEL COWEN
Affiliation:
Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki
LIISA LAAKSO
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki
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Abstract

Since 1990, more than 30 sub-Saharan states have introduced multi-party electoral systems to choose their national governments. This development, normally understood as part of the post-cold war ‘wave of democratisation’, has led many to think that there is something intrinsically new about such a competitive process in Africa, which is not the case. This article looks at some elections that have been held in various states and studied, both before and after their independence.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 717 - 744
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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