| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 310 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The Politics of Extraction -- 1.1 The Concept of Political Extraction -- 1.2 The Argument in Brief -- 1.3 Alternative Explanations -- 1.4 Research Approach -- 1.5 Contributions -- 1.6 Organization of the Book -- 2 A Theory of Extraction -- 2.1 Political Financing in Africa: What We Know -- 2.2 Easy Extraction? -- 2.3 Extraction Problems and Party Solutions -- 2.4 Strategies of Extraction: Collusive and Coercive |
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2.5 Extraction and State Politicization -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 Politics and Party Institutions in Benin and Ghana -- 3.1 Electoral Competition and the Extraction Environment -- 3.2 Party Institution Divergence -- 3.3 Most-Similar Cases? -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Extraction Strategies in Benin and Ghana -- 4.1 Collusive Extraction in Ghana -- 4.2 Coercive Extraction in Benin -- 4.3 Analyzing Extraction in Survey Results -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 Staffing the State for Extraction -- 5.1 The Politicization of State Staffing -- 5.2 Politicized Executive Staffing |
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5.3 Extraction and Public Service Staffing -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6 Extraction and the Executive -- 6.1 Extraction and Executive Performance -- 6.2 Comparing Executive Stability in Benin and Ghana -- 6.3 Guarding Extraction: Executive Instability in Benin -- 6.4 Stability and Cohesion Among Internal Party Divisions in Ghana -- 6.5 Downstream Impacts: How Bureaucrats Perceive the Executive -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7 Extraction and the Bureaucracy -- 7.1 Extraction Politics and Bureaucratic Performance -- 7.2 Extraction, Autonomy, and Political Interference -- 7.3 Extraction and Resource (In)Sufficiency |
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7.4 Extraction and Personnel Motivation -- 7.5 Conclusion -- 8 Reflections on Parties, Extraction, and State PPerformance -- 8.1 Beyond Benin and Ghana -- 8.2 Rethinking Governance through the Lens of Party Institutions -- 8.3 Money, Parties, and Politics: The Present and Future of Democratic States in Africa -- Appendix A Surveys of Bureaucrats -- Appendix B Investigating Bias Using Survey Weights -- Appendix C Measuring Politicization of Minister Appointments -- Appendix D Resource Diversion and Politicized Hiring -- Appendix E Variables Used in Chapter 7 Regressions |
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Appendix F Indicators of Public Service Motivation -- Appendix G Extraction and Personnel Motivation Supplemental Tests -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
A major challenge for the advancement of democratic governance in Africa is the extraction of money by ruling parties from the state to fund their electoral campaigns and gain political advantage over opponents. Drawing upon in-depth case studies of Benin and Ghana, Rachel Sigman considers how, and with what consequences, party leaders control and access public funds to finance their political operations. Weaving together biographical data on government ministers, surveys of civil servants, elite interviews, and archival research, Sigman explains leaders' extraction strategies and connects these strategies to how politicians manage state personnel. In so doing, she challenges the perception of African states as uniformly weak and argues that effective government is possible even in contexts of widespread state politicization, corruption, and clientelism. Demonstrating the profound impact that extractive financing practices have on democratic institutions, Sigman illuminates and develops our understanding of "good governance" across the African continent |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed April 14, 2023) |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Economic aspects -- Africa
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Political parties -- Economic aspects -- Benin
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Political parties -- Economic aspects -- Ghana
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Campaign funds -- Africa
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Campaign funds -- Benin
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Campaign funds -- Ghana
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Campaign funds
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Africa
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Benin
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Ghana
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1009262807 |
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9781009262798 |
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1009262793 |
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9781009262804 |
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