Do elections imply democracy or autocracy?

dc.contributor.author	Rakner, Lise
dc.contributor.author	Rønning, Helge
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-04T08:16:54Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-04T08:16:54Z
dc.date.issued	2010-03-25
dc.identifier	oai:www.cmi.no:3670
dc.identifier.citation	Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 2) 4 p.
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN 0809-6732
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2474684
dc.description.abstract	Since the early 1990s, legislative and presidential multiparty elections have taken place in 42 out of Sub Saharan Africa’s 48 states. For a majority, fourth and fifth elections have now been convened, suggesting that regularised elections have become the norm. This is because of the international emphasis, demand and funds for elections, the internal demand for democracy, and the need to legitimise rule, and because elections provide a means of distributing power evenly within parties and movements, and to diffuse internal conflict.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Chr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation	CMI Brief
dc.relation	2
dc.relation.ispartof	CMI Brief
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 2
dc.relation.uri	https://www.cmi.no/publications/3670-do-elections-imply-democracy-or-autocracy
dc.subject	Democracy
dc.subject	Elections
dc.subject	Presidential Elections
dc.subject	Multiparty Elections
dc.title	Do elections imply democracy or autocracy?
dc.type	Report