"Violence in election campaigns is common across the African continent and beyond. According to some estimations, most African elections contain some degree of violence and most of this violence happens before elections, during the campaign. While campaign violence is a common problem, it affec...

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1. Verfasser:	Wahman, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford ; New York, NY Oxford University Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:	Oxford studies in African politics and international relations
Schlagworte:	Gewalt Politische Geografie Wahlverfahren Wahlkampf Malawi Afrika Sambia Kenia Electoral geography / Africa Elections / Africa Elections / Corrupt practices / Africa Political violence / Africa Africa / Politics and government
Zusammenfassung:	"Violence in election campaigns is common across the African continent and beyond. According to some estimations, most African elections contain some degree of violence and most of this violence happens before elections, during the campaign. While campaign violence is a common problem, it affects citizens differently across localities. When violence and intimidation become an integral part of election campaigns in a locality, they become tools of sub-national authoritarianism that may effectively dismantle local democracy. This book focuses on the political geography of election violence in Africa, building on one important observation: elections in many African countries are highly regional and the support for political parties are rarely nationalized. Wahman argues that in such environments, campaign violence becomes an important tool used by parties to control and regulate access to space. Building on a wealth of data and extensive fieldwork in Zambia and Malawi, the author uses a combination of electoral geography analysis, constituency-level election violence data collected from local election monitors, focus group interviews, archival material, and individual-level survey data to show how campaign violence in both countries is used as a territorial tool, predominantly within party strongholds."
Beschreibung:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 215-235, Register
Beschreibung:	xviii, 245 Seiten Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:	9780198872825