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Let the people have a say

Democracy, freedom, and citizen engagement

Areas covered include citizenship, civic engagement, civil liberties, demand for and supply of democracy, elections, electoral integrity, freedom of association, freedom of speech, multiparty competition, partisanship, political participation, political parties, pre-election surveys, satisfaction with democracy, term limits and, volunteerism.

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WP95: Voting in Kenya: Putting ethnicity in perspective

Michael BrattonMwangi S. Kimenyi1 Mar 2008Kenya

Voting in Kenya: Putting ethnicity in perspective

WP94: Rejecting the disloyal opposition? The trust gap in mass attitudes toward ruling and opposition parties in Africa

Carolyn Logan2 Feb 2008Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Rejecting the disloyal opposition? The trust gap in mass attitudes toward ruling and opposition parties in Africa

BP48: Ethnicity and violence in the 2007 elections in Kenya

1 Feb 2008Kenya

Afrobarometer Briefing Paper No. 48

WP93: Traditional leaders in modern Africa: Can democracy and the chief co-exist?

Carolyn Logan1 Feb 2008Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Traditional leaders in modern Africa: Can democracy and the chief co-exist?

WP92: Ethnically dominated party systems and the quality of democracy: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Robert A. DowdMichael Driessen1 Jan 2008Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ethnically dominated party systems and the quality of democracy: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

WP90: Social capital and political violence in sub-Saharan Africa

Ravi BhavnaniDavid Backer7 Dec 2007Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Social capital and political violence in sub-Saharan Africa

WP89: Political sources of ethnic identification in Africa

Benn EifertEdward MiguelDaniel N. Posner6 Dec 2007Botswana, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Political sources of ethnic identification in Africa

WP88: Narrowing the legitimacy gap: The role of turnover in Africa’s emerging democracies

Devra C. MoehlerStaffan I. Lindberg5 Dec 2007Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Narrowing the legitimacy gap: The role of turnover in Africa's emerging democracies

WP87: Young and old in sub-Saharan Africa: Who are the real democrats?

Annie Barbra Chikwanha-DzengaEldred V. Masunungure4 Dec 2007Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Young and old in sub-Saharan Africa: Who are the real democrats?

WP85: Perceived corruption, public opinion and social influence in Senegal

Carrie Konold2 Dec 2007Senegal

Perceived corruption, public opinion and social influence in Senegal