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'Counting Votes and Bodies,'Election-Related Conflicts in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya

Nambiema, Ibrahim Mahama
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1341879131

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
Since joining the ‘third wave' of democracy in the 1990s, African countries have focused on elections. Some leaders conduct elections to legitimize their authoritarian rule. Many of Africa's transitional democracies are associated with flawed elections and violent conflicts. The literature on electoral conflict places little emphasis on election governance. It is my assumption that the high rate of non-credible elections in Africa can be associated with election management that has exacerbated societal cleavages. Is an effective and independent election management body a necessary prerequisite for election results to be credible? Are credible elections correlated with lower levels of conflicts? Kenya and Ghana, with their parallel experience with electoral conflicts, are compared to determine if the level of effectiveness of an electoral commission is strongly correlated with the conduct of credible elections and consequently a reduced propensity for election-related conflicts.
December Green, PhD (Committee Chair)
Laura Luhrmann, PhD (Committee Member)
Liam Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
205 p.
Peace Studies; Political Science
election-related violence; elections; election management bodies; conflict; democracy; Sub-Saharan Africa.

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  • Nambiema, I. M. (2012). 'Counting Votes and Bodies,'Election-Related Conflicts in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1341879131

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nambiema, Ibrahim. 'Counting Votes and Bodies,'Election-Related Conflicts in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya. 2012. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1341879131.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nambiema, Ibrahim. "'Counting Votes and Bodies,'Election-Related Conflicts in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1341879131

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