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Author Udogu, E. Ike, author.

Title Leadership and the problem of electoral democracy in Africa : case studies and theoretical solutions / by E. Ike Odugu.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 252 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary This volume explores the notion that African leaders are fundamentally responsible for electoral malfeasance throughout the continent. The quagmire of fixing elections in order to stay in power ad-infinitum has frequently led - and will continue to lead - to political violence, civil wars, internal displacement of citizens, international refugee crises, and economic malaise with its attendant crisis of underdevelopment. This book provides five case studies selected from Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa that illustrate some variations and similarities in the dilemma of electoral dem.
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Subject Elections -- Corrupt practices -- Africa -- Case studies.
Elections -- Corrupt practices.
Africa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Udogu, E. Ike. Leadership and the problem of electoral democracy in Africa. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016 1443899399 (OCoLC)962048584
ISBN 9781443857208 (electronic book)
1443857203 (electronic book)
1443899399
9781443899390