Verfasst von:	Cheeseman, Nic [VerfasserIn]
	Lynch, Gabrielle [VerfasserIn]
	Willis, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The moral economy of elections in Africa
Titelzusatz:	democracy, voting and virtue
Verf.angabe:	Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham), Gabrielle Lynch (University of Warwick), Justin Willis (Durham University)
Verlagsort:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
Jahr:	2020
Umfang:	xv, 359 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Diagramme
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 308-347. - Index
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Towards a moral economy of elections in Africa
	Elections, states and citizens : a history of the ballot in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda
	Promoting civic virtue
	National exercises : making states and citizens through the ballot
	The eyes of the world are upon us : the aspirations and limitations of international election observation
	Creating democrats : civil society and voter education
	The moral economy in action
	Performing virtue : politicians, leadership, and election campaigns
	Navigating multiple moralities : popular expectations and experiences of the polls
ISBN:	978-1-108-41723-5
	978-1-108-40472-3
Abstract:	Do elections turn people into democratic citizens? Elections have long been seen as a way to foster democracy, development and security in Africa, with many hoping that the secret ballot would transform states. Adopting a new approach that focusses on the moral economy of elections, Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch and Justin Willis show how elections are shaped by competing visions of what it means to be a good leader, bureaucrat or citizen. Using a mixed-methods study of elections in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, they explore moral claims made by officials, politicians, civil society, international observers and voters themselves. This radical new lens reveals that elections are the site of intense moral contestation, which helps to explain why there is such vigourous participation in processes that often seem flawed. Demonstrating the impact of these debates on six decades of electoral practice, they explain why the behaviour of those involved so frequently transgresses national law and international norms, as well as the ways in which such transgressions are evaluated and critiqued – so that despite the purported significance of 'vote-buying', the candidates that spend the most do not always win.
Schlagwörter:	(s)Abstimmung    / (s)Demokratie    / (s)Wahlsystem    / (s)Abstimmung    / (s)Demokratie    / (s)Wahlsystem
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Cheeseman, Professor Nic: The moral economy of elections in africa. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022 |(DLC)2020047665
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Cheeseman, Nic, 1979 - : The moral economy of elections in Africa. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020. - 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages)
RVK-Notation:	MG 10440
	MI 24440
	MI 54440
	MI 58440
K10plus-PPN:	1737418088