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Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan AfricaMobilizing for Democracy? Collective Action and Political Power in Sub-Saharan Africa

Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mobilizing for Democracy?... [This chapter analyses political power in electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa from a collective action perspective. It argues that from the perspective of collective action theory, political power can be understood as the ability to project a credible mobilization threat into the political arena. The analysis shows that authoritarian ruling elites in Sub-Saharan Africa have strong advantages over oppositional elites in both building up and maintaining such a threat. Societal groups therefore represent the most important alternative source of political power in these regimes. Data on social conflicts is used to trace trajectories of political mobilizations of ruling elites, oppositional political elites, and societal groups in Sub-Saharan Africa across countries and over time.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan AfricaMobilizing for Democracy? Collective Action and Political Power in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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978-3-030-22791-3
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39 –93
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10.1007/978-3-030-22792-0_3
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[This chapter analyses political power in electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa from a collective action perspective. It argues that from the perspective of collective action theory, political power can be understood as the ability to project a credible mobilization threat into the political arena. The analysis shows that authoritarian ruling elites in Sub-Saharan Africa have strong advantages over oppositional elites in both building up and maintaining such a threat. Societal groups therefore represent the most important alternative source of political power in these regimes. Data on social conflicts is used to trace trajectories of political mobilizations of ruling elites, oppositional political elites, and societal groups in Sub-Saharan Africa across countries and over time.]

Published: Jun 15, 2019

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