Add to ORKGAn increasing trend of violent elections is undermining the former optimism over multi-party elections in Africa. Electoral systems are frequently associated with election violence, but the effects of different systems are relatively unknown. This study addresses this gap and assesses whether conditions for electoral violence are greater under certain electoral systems compared to others. Using a new time-series cross sectional (TSCS) dataset, I conduct an analysis of election violence in sub-Saharan Africa from 1995-2013. Overall, I find evidence for the violence-permitting nature of majoritarian systems, and the violence-constraining nature of proportional representation systems. These findings remain after controlling for the timing of v...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
An increasing trend of violent elections is undermining the former optimism over multi-party electio...
Most countries in the world today use elections as a method of transferring political power and brin...
Why do some multi-party elections lead to political violence while others do not? Despite extensive ...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015In the last few decades, thousands have died in electi...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015In the last few decades, thousands have died in electi...
Elections are held in nearly all countries in the contemporary world. Yet despite their aim of allow...
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread ...
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread ...
The electoral process in many of Africa’s ‘new’ democracies has been characterised by violence. Howe...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries have started hol...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries have started hol...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries have started hol...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
An increasing trend of violent elections is undermining the former optimism over multi-party electio...
Most countries in the world today use elections as a method of transferring political power and brin...
Why do some multi-party elections lead to political violence while others do not? Despite extensive ...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015In the last few decades, thousands have died in electi...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015In the last few decades, thousands have died in electi...
Elections are held in nearly all countries in the contemporary world. Yet despite their aim of allow...
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread ...
Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread ...
The electoral process in many of Africa’s ‘new’ democracies has been characterised by violence. Howe...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries have started hol...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries have started hol...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the majority of the Sub-Saharan African countries have started hol...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...
Political violence remains a pervasive feature of electoral dynamics in many countries in Sub-Sahara...