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245	0	0	_aDemocratic backsliding in Africa? : _bautocratization, resilience, and contention / _cedited by Leonardo R. Arriola, Lise Rakner, Nicolas van de Walle.
264		1	_aOxford, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2023]
300			_axii, 297 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aOxford studies in African politics and international relations
500			_aOpen access version available.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tDemocratic backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, resilience, and contention / _rLeonardo R. Arriola, Lise Rakner, and Nicolas van de Walle -- _g2. _tPolitical participation and regime responses / _rKendra Dupuy, Leonardo R. Arriola, and Lise Rakner -- _g3. _tLegal strategies : constitutional, administrative, judicial, and discursive lawfare / _rSiri Gloppen, Thalia Gerzso, and Nicolas van de Walle -- _g4. _tInternational strategies : sovereignty claims and selective compliance / _rLise Rakner and Nicolas van de Walle -- _g5. _tGhana : a stagnated democratic trajectory / _rFranklin Oduro, Lisa-Marie Selvik, and Kendra Dupuy -- _g6. _tKenya : executive dominance through constitutional bargaining / _rMatthew K. Gichohi and Leonardo R. Arriola -- _g7. _tMalawi : democratic fits and starts / _rSiri Gloppen, Fidelis Kanyongolo, Fiona Shen-Bayh, and Vibeke Wang -- _g8. _tZambia : backsliding in a presidential regime / _rMarja Hinfelaar, Lise Rackner, and Nicolas van de Walle -- _g9. _tUganda : a story of persistent autocratic rule / _rSabiti Makara and Vigeke Wang -- _g10. _tZimbabwe : contested autocratization / _rSiri Gloppen, Marja Hinfelaar, and Lise Rakner -- _g11. _tConclusion / _rLeonardo R. Arriola, Lise Rakner, and Nicolas van de Walle.
520			_a"Why have most African countries not achieved greater political liberalization? What explains the lack of progress toward the ideals of liberal democracy across the region? This book advances ongoing debates on democratic backsliding with specific reference to Africa. In examining how incumbent leaders in African countries attempt to contain societal pressures for greater democracy, the chapters explain how governments go beyond the standard tools of manipulation, such as electoral fraud and political violence, to keep democracy from unfolding in their countries. The book emphasizes two distinct strategies that governments frequently use to reinforce their hold on power - the legal system and the international system - but which remain overlooked in conventional analyses; it also documents how governments employ the law to limit the scope of action among citizens and civil society activists struggling to expand democratic liberties, including the use of constitutional provisions and the courts. The work further demonstrates how governments use their role in international relations to neutralize pressure from external actors, including sovereigntist claims against foreign intervention and selective implementation of donor-promoted policies. While pro-democracy actors can also employ these legal and international strategies to challenge incumbents, in some cases to prevent democratic backsliding, the book shows why and how incumbents have enjoyed institutional advantages when implementing these strategies through six country case studies of Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe." -- _cProvided by publisher.
648		7	_aSince 1960 _2fast
650		0	_aDemocracy _zAfrica.
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism _zAfrica.
650		6	_aAutoritarisme _zAfrique.
650		7	_aAuthoritarianism _2fast
650		7	_aDemocracy _2fast
650		7	_aDiplomatic relations _2fast
650		7	_aPolitics and government _2fast
651		0	_aAfrica _xPolitics and government _y1960-
651		0	_aAfrica _xForeign relations _y1960-
651		6	_aAfrique _xPolitique et gouvernement _y1960-
651		6	_aAfrique _xRelations extérieures _y1960-
651		7	_aAfrica _2fast
700	1		_aArriola, Leonardo R. _q(Leonardo Rafael), _eeditor. _1https://isni.org/isni/0000000365766261
700	1		_aRakner, Lise, _eeditor. _1https://isni.org/isni/0000000116350898
700	1		_aVan de Walle, Nicolas, _d1957- _eeditor. _1https://isni.org/isni/0000000118811475
830		0	_aOxford studies in African politics and international relations.
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