Democracy and elections in Africa (Record no. 232402)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
Canceled/invalid LC control number 2005024560
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 0801883326 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 0801883334 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780801883330
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Original cataloging agency CaPaEBR
Transcribing agency CaPaEBR
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)213305486
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050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number JQ1879.A5
Item number L55 2006eb
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 324.96/0329
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lindberg, Staffan I.,
Dates associated with a name 1969-
9 (RLIN) 169070
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Democracy and elections in Africa
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc Staffan I. Lindberg.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Baltimore :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Johns Hopkins University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 227 p. :
Other physical details ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction. The role of elections ; Why Africa? ; On regimes ; On elections and democracy ; Preindependence and postindependence elections in African nations ; Contemporary Africa's track record ; Outline of the book -- On democracy and elections. Making a conceptual choice ; Defining democracy ; Operationalizing democratic qualities of elections ; Data collection and processing -- Elections in Africa over time. Frequency and number of elections ; The democratic qualities, on average ; Democratic qualities of elections over time ; Conclusions -- The self-reinforcing power of elections. Going from bad to worse ; First, second, third, fourth and later elections ; A panel-group comparison ; Conclusions -- The causal effects of elections. Democratic qualities in society ; A missing factor of democratization ; Hypotheses and causal links -- Democratization by elections? Elections are associated with civil liberties ; Analyzing by countries ; Conclusions -- Comparative perspectives and reflections. The transition paradigm ; Corruption and democratization ; Stateness and social citizenship ; Lessons on consolidation ; Policy implications ; The power of elections in unfavorable conditions.
533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE
Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction.
Place of reproduction Palo Alto, Calif. :
Agency responsible for reproduction ebrary,
Date of reproduction 2013.
Note about reproduction Available via World Wide Web.
-- Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Elections
Geographic subdivision Africa.
9 (RLIN) 169071
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Democracy
Geographic subdivision Africa.
9 (RLIN) 126561
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Africa
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1960-
9 (RLIN) 1530
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
Source of term local
9 (RLIN) 190
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ebrary, Inc.
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856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10188459">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10188459</a>
Public note An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Koha item type E-Book

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