As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe
This text seeks to describe and analyze the historical development and contingencies of the democratic system in São Tomé and Príncipe. In particular, it intends to highlight the political significance of the October 7, 2018 elections, which proved to be a hallmark of democracy in the archipelago. T...
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| description | This text seeks to describe and analyze the historical development and contingencies of the democratic system in São Tomé and Príncipe. In particular, it intends to highlight the political significance of the October 7, 2018 elections, which proved to be a hallmark of democracy in the archipelago. This text aims to identify points of reflection on the survival of democracy in a micro-island context in Africa. Rather than equating the viability of representative democracy in the light of a presumed African idiosyncrasy, it assesses the superiority of democracy in the face of São Tomé’s choices, often less based on political principles, than, for example, on the adherence to big men or salvific projects, as one of the data of the prevailing political culture in the islands. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-264cfb59cfdd40b1863d3e0e6002a1342024-02-13T15:52:06ZengInstituto Universitário de LisboaCadernos de Estudos Africanos1645-37942182-74002019-11-01389312210.4000/cea.4389As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e PríncipeAugusto NascimentoThis text seeks to describe and analyze the historical development and contingencies of the democratic system in São Tomé and Príncipe. In particular, it intends to highlight the political significance of the October 7, 2018 elections, which proved to be a hallmark of democracy in the archipelago. This text aims to identify points of reflection on the survival of democracy in a micro-island context in Africa. Rather than equating the viability of representative democracy in the light of a presumed African idiosyncrasy, it assesses the superiority of democracy in the face of São Tomé’s choices, often less based on political principles, than, for example, on the adherence to big men or salvific projects, as one of the data of the prevailing political culture in the islands.https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4389São Tomé and Príncipedemocracyelectionsauthoritarianism |
| spellingShingle | Augusto Nascimento As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe Cadernos de Estudos Africanos São Tomé and Príncipe democracy elections authoritarianism |
| title | As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe |
| title_full | As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe |
| title_fullStr | As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe |
| title_full_unstemmed | As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe |
| title_short | As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe |
| title_sort | as eleicoes legislativas de 2018 acerca da sobrevivencia da democracia em sao tome e principe |
| topic | São Tomé and Príncipe democracy elections authoritarianism |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4389 |
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