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Democracy and elections in Africa / (Record no. 553574)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field UG-KaMUL
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2005-024560
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0801883334 (pbk. : alk. paper)
039 ## - LEVEL OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND CODING DETAIL [OBSOLETE]
Level of rules in bibliographic description 201806081218
Level of effort used to assign nonsubject heading access points 952
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040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UG-KaMUL
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 324.96
Edition information 22
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 324.96 LIN
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lindberg, Staffan I.,
Dates associated with a name 1969-
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Democracy and elections in Africa /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Staffan I. Lindberg.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Baltimore :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Johns Hopkins University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2006.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 227 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction. The role of elections ; Why Africa? ; On regimes ; On elections and democracy ; Preindependence and postindependence election s in African nations ; Contemporary Africa's track record ; Outline of the book -- On democracy and elections. Making a conceptual choice ; De fining democracy ; Operationalizing democratic qualities of elections ; Data collection and processing -- Elections in Africa over time. Frequ ency and number of elections ; The democratic qualities, on average ; D emocratic qualities of elections over time ; Conclusions -- The self-re inforcing power of elections. Going from bad to worse ; First, second, third, fourth and later elections ; A panel-group comparison ; Conclusi ons -- The causal effects of elections. Democratic qualities in society ; A missing factor of democratization ; Hypotheses and causal links -- Democratization by elections? Elections are associated with civil libe rties ; Analyzing by countries ; Conclusions -- Comparative perspective s and reflections. The transition paradigm ; Corruption and democratiza tion ; Stateness and social citizenship ; Lessons on consolidation ; Po licy implications ; The power of elections in unfavorable conditions.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Elections
Geographic subdivision Africa.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Democracy
Geographic subdivision Africa.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Africa
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1960-
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Books - Open Access
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     MISR Library - Open Shelves MISR Library - Open Shelves 12/06/2025   324.96 LIN 001143084 12/06/2025 12/06/2025 Books - Open Access