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dc.contributor.authorHelle, Svein-Erik
dc.contributor.authorRakner, Lise
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T08:18:46Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T08:18:46Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-28
dc.identifieroai:www.cmi.no:4393
dc.identifier.citationBergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2012:3) 22 p.
dc.identifier.isbn978-82-8062-430-7
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2474909
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we wish to analyze the interplay between the political setting of electoral authoritarianism and economic grievances expressed in particular by an urban poor electorate in Africa. We show that the outcomes of this interplay have varied considerably across the region. While opposition politicians in some countries such as Zambia (2011) have been able to channel the political discontent into electoral victories and subsequent electoral turnover, most electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa have managed to stay in power. Uganda is an example of this. The analysis of recent political developments in these two countries will highlight two interrelated questions: What may explain the variance found? And, are some forms of poverty more challenging for the survival of electoral authoritarian regimes than others?
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relationCMI Working Paper
dc.relationWP 2012:3
dc.relation.ispartofCMI Working Paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working Paper WP 2012:3
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cmi.no/publications/4393-the-interplay-between-poverty-and-electoral
dc.subjectElections
dc.subjectAuthoritarianism
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectMobilization
dc.subjectRegime Change
dc.subjectZambia
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleThe interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and political mobilization in Zambia and Uganda
dc.typeWorking paper


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