Attempts to circumvent presidential term limits in African countries show a puzzling variation of success or failure. This variation is due to both international and domestic factors. However, how these interact is not yet well understood. This article analyses how international donors and organisations intervened in the attempted term limit circumvention in Malawi from 1999 to 2003. It differentiates between different types of instruments used by donors in democracy promotion, and, by doing so, contributes to the question whether donors in term limit struggles can contribute to genuine democratic consolidation. It employs deductive process-tracing based on an analysis of primary media sources and interviews conducted during field research....
External actors have long shaped the trajectory of democracy in Africa. During the Cold War, rival s...
Over the past two decades, donors increasingly link foreign aid to democracy objectives in Africa. T...
Besides the introduction of multi-party elections, the sub-Saharan wave of democratic reforms of the...
Studies on term limits in Africa have proliferated over the past two decades. This introduction to t...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2004.Includes bi...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
In this article we take a longitudinal view on presidential-term-limit reforms in Latin America and ...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
International pressure and Zanzibar political development has been the focus of this thesis. The cur...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African cont...
Since 1994, the Malawi's political landscape has been dominated by 'chameleon politics', with politi...
Development aid comprises a significant share of government budgets in many resource-poor countries ...
External actors have long shaped the trajectory of democracy in Africa. During the Cold War, rival s...
Over the past two decades, donors increasingly link foreign aid to democracy objectives in Africa. T...
Besides the introduction of multi-party elections, the sub-Saharan wave of democratic reforms of the...
Studies on term limits in Africa have proliferated over the past two decades. This introduction to t...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2004.Includes bi...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
In this article we take a longitudinal view on presidential-term-limit reforms in Latin America and ...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
International pressure and Zanzibar political development has been the focus of this thesis. The cur...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African cont...
Since 1994, the Malawi's political landscape has been dominated by 'chameleon politics', with politi...
Development aid comprises a significant share of government budgets in many resource-poor countries ...
External actors have long shaped the trajectory of democracy in Africa. During the Cold War, rival s...
Over the past two decades, donors increasingly link foreign aid to democracy objectives in Africa. T...
Besides the introduction of multi-party elections, the sub-Saharan wave of democratic reforms of the...