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Title Democratic contestation on the margins : regimes in small African countries / edited by Stephanie Matti and Claire Metelits
Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 173 pages)
Contents Democratic contestation on the margins / Claire Metelits and Stephanie Matti -- Competitive authoritarianism and theories of regime change / Claire Metelits and Stephanie Matti -- Democratic contestation in Botswana / Nicola de Jager and Ian taylor -- Eroding democracy: competitive authoritarian drift in Benin -- Mathurin c. Houngnikpo -- Political uncertainty in Burkina Faso / Daniel Eizenga -- Democratic governance in the "new" Republic of Togo / Benjamin A. Okonofua -- Authoritarianism and geostrategic politics in Djibouti / Claire Metelits and Stephanie Matti -- Cycles of regime change in Guinea-Bissau / Davin O'Regan -- Listening to the margins / Claire Metelits and Stephanie Matti
Summary "This edited volume focuses on the democratic performance of regimes in some of the least populous countries on the African continent. Using a framework developed by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way, each case study provides in-depth analysis of democratic contestation in the following arenas: electoral, judiciary, legislature, media and civil society. This volume also examines the key factors that push these regimes in either democratic or authoritarian directions, and how these regimes are likely to evolve in the future."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Democratization -- Africa -- Case studies
Authoritarianism -- Africa -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Authoritarianism
Democratization
Politics and government
States, Small -- Politics and government
SUBJECT Africa -- Politics and government -- Case studies
States, Small -- Politics and government -- Case studies
Subject Africa
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Matti, Stephanie, editor, author
Metelits, Claire, editor, author
LC no. 2020738587
ISBN 9780739193440
0739193449