Nigeria and Democratic Progress by Elections in Africa
Elections do not always advance democratisation, yet they can. We outline a democratisation-by-elections model according to which the opportunities for political change opened up by each electoral round build on previous election-related democratic progress. We focus on Nigeria, interpret the recent...
Main Authors: | Giovanni Carbone, Andrea Cassani |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-01-01
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Series: | Africa Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/986 |
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