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WP162: Language, education, and citizenship in Africa
Education in local languages helps make better citizens.
BP95: La gouvernance locale au Sénégal : Effet de la proximité de l’élu au Citoyen
La Décentralisation a été un des modes opératoires de mise en œuvre de la Gouvernance locale, en particulier de la « bonne gouvernance locale » tant prônée par les Institutions internationales. Cette décentralisation a consisté à donner le pouvoir à des élus locaux, c’est-à-dire des représentants de la population locale. Cependant sont-ils meilleurs ou mieux places que les autres élus (députés, sénateurs, etc.) pour conduire cette gouvernance locale ?
Le droit à la citoyenneté: Les Gabonais s’expriment
D’après la plus récente enquête Afrobaromètre au Gabon, la grande majorité de Gabonais est favorable au droit à la citoyenneté pour un individu né au Gabon, la femme d’un Gabonais, une personne ayant vécu et travaillé pendant longtemps au Gabon, le mari d’une Gabonaise, mais pas pour un individu souhaitant avoir la double nationalité.
Différences sociales et droit à la citoyenneté: Que pensent les Gabonais?
Résultats de l’enquête Afrobaromètre Round 6 à Gabon.
AD35: South African youth patriotic, optimistic about national cohesion, but low on civic engagement
South Africa celebrates Youth Day every June 16 to commemorate the students who lost their lives during the Soweto Uprising in 1976.
BP116: Zimbabweans’ (mostly) tolerant views on citizenship
Citizenship is about the right to belong to a state and enjoy its rights while also fulfilling obligations. Without citizenship, a person can neither vote nor be voted into public office. Such statelessness has, in many an African country, been at the heart of numerous post-colonial conflicts. From Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa to Uganda and Kenya in East Africa through to Zambia and Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, the question of who is or is not a citizen is frequently a fiercely contested and unsettled issue.
WP125: Ethnicity and the willingness to sanction violent politicians: Evidence from Kenya
In Africa, it is often presumed that ethnicity shapes individuals' evaluations of politicians, and individuals would be particularly likely to rely on ethnic cues where violence or other personal experiences render ethnicity more salient. This paper examines whether individuals' ethnicity affects evaluations of politicians who use election violence or violate other democratic norms.
WP152: Are South Africa’s youth really a ‘ticking time bomb’?
This paper reviews longitudinal survey data on South Africa’s political culture produced by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (1994-1998) and Afrobarometer (2000-2011) and finds that while there are real problems with democratic citizenship in South Africa, these problems are largely not peculiar to young people.
WP112: National versus ethnic identity in Africa: State, group, and individual level correlates of national identification
While sub-Saharan African states are not generally considered to be true nation-states, there is still considerable variation across countries in the level of nationalism expressed by their citizens. This paper explores the relative importance of national and ethnic identities in sixteen sub-Saharan African countries, using individual-level survey data, and tries to determine how much of that variation is explained by existing theories of nationalism and ethnic politics.
WP56: Poor people and democratic citizenship in Africa
Recent political transitions around the world have cast doubt on arguments about the socioeconomic preconditions for democracy. A democratic political regime has long been regarded as an attribute of high-income, industrialized economies.