Twelve years after the adoption of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, scholars and policymakers are still pondering whether the regional document has had any actual effect. Based on case studies from Madagascar and Burkina Faso, this article demonstrates the Charter’s impact on political dynamics within both countries. By analysing contestations around the application of Article 25(4), which defines who is eligible to run in transitional elections, I show that various national and international actors (attempt to) use the Charter as a legal script to limit access to state power and restrict the electorate’s voting choices. That these attempts are highly contentious is evidence of the Charter’s effect. If it were see...
What factors influence constitutional stability in the emerging democracies of Sub-Saharan Africa? T...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Democracy has had a tumultuous experience in sub-Saharan Africa. However, democracy has been gaining...
CITATION: Engel, U. 2019. The 2007 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance : trying t...
This article traces a genealogy of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG...
This introduction to the Special Focus argues that more thorough and nuanced understandings of the p...
This article provides an exegesis of the recently entered-into-force African Charter on Democracy, E...
Political leadership in Africa is changing. Evidence of this can be found in the Arab Spring, democr...
Any analysis of elections in Africa over recent periods has to be placed within the wider debate abo...
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (“ADC”) recently entered into force on Fe...
While the Cold War lasted, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) never considered democracy promot...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
The subject of this thesis is international studies, specifically a study of constitutional framewor...
In many African countries, “watershed” elections led to political liberalization, and to democratiza...
This paper analyzes and compares three key elections selected among the ones held in 2020 in Africa,...
What factors influence constitutional stability in the emerging democracies of Sub-Saharan Africa? T...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Democracy has had a tumultuous experience in sub-Saharan Africa. However, democracy has been gaining...
CITATION: Engel, U. 2019. The 2007 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance : trying t...
This article traces a genealogy of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG...
This introduction to the Special Focus argues that more thorough and nuanced understandings of the p...
This article provides an exegesis of the recently entered-into-force African Charter on Democracy, E...
Political leadership in Africa is changing. Evidence of this can be found in the Arab Spring, democr...
Any analysis of elections in Africa over recent periods has to be placed within the wider debate abo...
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (“ADC”) recently entered into force on Fe...
While the Cold War lasted, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) never considered democracy promot...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
The subject of this thesis is international studies, specifically a study of constitutional framewor...
In many African countries, “watershed” elections led to political liberalization, and to democratiza...
This paper analyzes and compares three key elections selected among the ones held in 2020 in Africa,...
What factors influence constitutional stability in the emerging democracies of Sub-Saharan Africa? T...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Democracy has had a tumultuous experience in sub-Saharan Africa. However, democracy has been gaining...