Besides the introduction of multi-party elections, the sub-Saharan wave of democratic reforms of the 1990s encompassed the introduction of limits to the number of terms that a chief executive can serve. Executive term limits (ETLs) are key for democracy to advance in a continent with a legacy of personal rule. However, the manipulation of ETLs has become a recurring mode of autocratisation, through which African aspiring over-stayers weaken executive constraints, taint political competition, and limit citizens’ possibility to choose who governs. This article presents a three-phase model of autocratisation by ETL manipulation and, using new data, offers one of the first regional comparative studies of ETL manipulation in sub-Saharan Africa t...
Political conflict across Africa is often linked to the pervasive use of patron-age in retaining con...
Africa has experienced varied systems of leadership since the continent was decolonized. About sixty...
Attempts to circumvent presidential term limits in African countries show a puzzling variation of su...
Studies on term limits in Africa have proliferated over the past two decades. This introduction to t...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
The Struggle over Presidential Term Limits in Africa : Introduction The Study of Term Limits in S...
Why do some leaders respect constitutional provisions like presidential term limits, while others do...
Why do some leaders respect constitutional provisions like presidential term limits, while others do...
Evidently, the failure of Nigeria's President Obasanjo's third term bid and the process through whic...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
While there has been extensive evidence provided on the varying effects of leaders’ extended tenures...
Constitutions around Africa have been repeatedly tested on the issue of presidential term limits. We...
In this article we take a longitudinal view on presidential-term-limit reforms in Latin America and ...
I draw on the authoritarian institutions literature to explain the role of dominant parties in const...
Political conflict across Africa is often linked to the pervasive use of patron-age in retaining con...
Africa has experienced varied systems of leadership since the continent was decolonized. About sixty...
Attempts to circumvent presidential term limits in African countries show a puzzling variation of su...
Studies on term limits in Africa have proliferated over the past two decades. This introduction to t...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits,...
The Struggle over Presidential Term Limits in Africa : Introduction The Study of Term Limits in S...
Why do some leaders respect constitutional provisions like presidential term limits, while others do...
Why do some leaders respect constitutional provisions like presidential term limits, while others do...
Evidently, the failure of Nigeria's President Obasanjo's third term bid and the process through whic...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
While there has been extensive evidence provided on the varying effects of leaders’ extended tenures...
Constitutions around Africa have been repeatedly tested on the issue of presidential term limits. We...
In this article we take a longitudinal view on presidential-term-limit reforms in Latin America and ...
I draw on the authoritarian institutions literature to explain the role of dominant parties in const...
Political conflict across Africa is often linked to the pervasive use of patron-age in retaining con...
Africa has experienced varied systems of leadership since the continent was decolonized. About sixty...
Attempts to circumvent presidential term limits in African countries show a puzzling variation of su...