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Matthias Krönke

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Matthias Krönke is a researcher in the Afrobarometer Analysis Unit.

Biography

Matthias Krönke is a researcher in the Afrobarometer Analysis Unit. He completed his PhD in political science at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa in 2023.
He studies Comparative Politics and Political Behavior, focusing on how political institutions enhance democratic accountability and facilitate human development. Specifically, he is interested in the internal organisation of political parties as well as legislatures, and how their representatives affect processes of democratisation and development. In a related line of inquiry, he also focuses on how governments, political parties, and citizens deal with the challenge of climate change.

Areas of interest

Language

English

Keywords

Parliament Political parties State capacity

Countries

Uganda

Blog

A long to-do list for the victors of South Africa’s 2024 election

Publications

PP92: Learning from experience: Are African governments prepared for another pandemic?

PP92: Les enseignements du passé : Les gouvernements africains sont-ils prêts à affronter une nouvelle pandémie ?

PP91: La santé pour tous et partout ?

PP91: Health for everyone, everywhere?

PP90: Forces de l’ordre ?

PP90: Law enforcers or law breakers?

PP89: Value for money?

AD717: Alors que les changements climatiques aggravent leurs conditions de vie, les Africains attendent des parties prenantes qu’ils intensifient leurs efforts

AD717: With climate change making life worse, Africans expect governments and other stakeholders to step up

PP88: Brutality and corruption undermine trust in Uganda’s police: Can damage be undone?

External publication

Party footprints in Africa: Measuring local party presence across the continent

PP83: As local government councils proliferate, Ugandans voice growing dissatisfaction with councillors

PP81: Unresponsive and corrupt? Ugandan MPs hold key to how citizens perceive them

PP79: Broad support for multiparty elections, little faith in electoral institutions: Uganda in comparative perspective

WP190: Mapping state capacity in Africa: Professionalism and reach

WP186: Party footprints in Africa: Measuring local party presence across the continent

PP66: Africa’s digital divide and the promise of e-learning

PP63: Dividende démocratique: Vers une éducation de qualité en Afrique

PP63: Democratic dividend: The road to quality education in Africa

AD296: Police in Zimbabwe: Helping hand or iron fist?

PP52: Bounded autonomy: What limits Zimbabweans’ trust in their courts and electoral commission?

AD240: Ill-prepared? Health-care service delivery in Zimbabwe

WP181: Do electoral systems affect how citizens hold their government accountable? Evidence from Africa

AD44: Trends in attitudes toward foreigners in South Africa, 1997-2011