For many Malawians living in acute poverty, elections provided an opportunity to secure much-needed relief.
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Students more informed about politics scorn party membership and campaigning, which are often associated with corruption and violence.
A growing number of Ghanaians are voting beyond partisan lines.
Elite political culture matters, especially in the context of a unity government. To succeed, party leaders must embrace the politics of collaboration built on trust.
More autocratic governments, growing urbanization and emerging technologies will bolster the spread of Chinese influence around the world, an expert on emerging economies explains.
The optimism Angolan president João Lourenço’s election generated four years ago has dwindled as electoral promise after another have failed to materialise.
South Africa’s political parties would do well to learn from Ireland, where the three largest political parties negotiated a coalition treaty that stipulated mechanisms for conflict resolution.
Concerns about socioeconomic well-being were the main reason why people voted for a certain political party.
An open candidate selection process would provide less incentive for the issuance of material benefits to only a few delegates while the constituency is neglected.
With the right leadership, mindset and policies African countries can achieve, even exceed, the growth and development successes of Asian counterparts.
Moeketsi Majoro’s installation as Prime Minister is welcome. But it does not guarantee much needed political stability in an era of complex coalition politics.
Trouble in Africa’s cities is due to the fact that electoral competition drives leaders to be biased towards rural areas.
In many Mexican cities, water is treated as a political bargaining chip – a favor that public officials can trade for votes, bribes or power.
The Rwandan model can’t be replicated easily given that it depends heavily on political dominance and tight, centralised control of patronage networks.
Democracy resulted in a sea change in the governing ANC. In the past, only highly committed idealists joined the party. Today’s splits and factions are about patronage and clientelism.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Government, University of Oxford
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NRF/British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the SA-UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Associate professor of global studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus professor in Politics, University of Johannesburg
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Assistant Professor, International Studies Division, Pepperdine University
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Associate Professor, Public Management and International Relations, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Providence College