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...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Carbone, Andrea Cassani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/986