Autocratisation, electoral politics and the limits of incumbency in African democracies
Autocratisation, electoral politics and the limits of incumbency in African democracies
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非洲民主国家的独裁化、选举政治和现任限制
DOI:
10.1080/17531055.2022.2235656
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Beardsworth N
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作者:
Beardsworth N
The world is experiencing a new wave of autocratisation, characterised by a global democratic reversal. From 2010 to 2020, the share of the world population living in autocracies increased from 48 to 68%. Electoral autocracies are now the world's most common regime type, and along with closed autocracies they number 87 of the world's 195 states. Even during the height of the third wave of democratisation, elections in Africa rarely led to an alternation of power. Thirty years after the third wave, this special issue introduction takes stock of how many transfers of power occurred in the three crucial decades between 1991 and 2021. In this special issue, we focus on Zambia to understand some of the factors that contributed to an electoral turnover, notwithstanding the many benefits of incumbency that were enjoyed by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) led by President Edgar Lungu. We show that the outcome of Zambia's August 2021 election demonstrates the limits of incumbency. We suggest that voters and opposition parties in countries with previous experiences of peaceful transfers of power might rely on a ‘democratic muscle-memory’, to dislodge autocrats and call for more research on when and why incumbents lose.
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DOI:
10.1111/dpr.12066
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
ERN: Other Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues in Developing Economies (Topic)
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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发表时间:
2018
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作者:
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影响因子:
2.3
作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2020
期刊:
South African Journal of International Affairs
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2020
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作者:
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