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The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa - Democracy, Voting and Virtue (Paperback)
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The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa - Democracy, Voting and Virtue (Paperback)
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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.
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