Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990
Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990
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1990 年以来非洲的选举政治
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发表时间:
2018
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通讯作者:
Nicolas van de Walle
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作者:
Jaimie Bleck;Nicolas van de Walle
The general elections that were convened in Zambia on August 11, 2016, were the eighth multiparty presidential elections and the sixth legislative elections convened since democratization in the early 1990s restored multiparty politics in that country. Between independence and 1991, Zambia had convened only one competitive presidential election and just two legislative elections that involved more than a single party. President Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF) party was reelected narrowly over Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND).1 The campaign rhetoric of the two parties was sharply different. Hichilema lamented the decline of democratic norms under PF rule and criticized Lungu’s management of the economy, brandishing his own record as a successful businessman to argue that he would do much better. By contrast, President Lungu highlighted the administration’s record in infrastructure development and contrasted his own humble background and religious faith with his opponent’s arrogance, wealth, and “godlessness” (Fraser, 2017, p. 466). The results suggested an evenly divided country, with the eastern and northern regions voting overwhelmingly for the incumbent and the southern and western regions strongly supporting Hichilema. International observers publicly declared the election to have been free and fair, although they did lament the climate of violence in which the campaign
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Journal of African elections
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David K. Leonard (author)
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David K. Leonard (author)
影响因子:
10.7
作者:
Burgess, Robin;Jedwab, Remi;Padro i Miquel, Gerard
通讯作者:
Padro i Miquel, Gerard