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Is it the end of democracy in Africa? — Nic Cheeseman
Is it the end of democracy in Africa? — Nic Cheeseman
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59 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2021
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Nic Cheeseman is Professor of Democracy at the University of Birmingham and was formerly the Director of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. He works on democracy, elections and development, including election rigging, political campaigning, corruption, “fake news” and executive-legislative relations. Nic is the author or editor of ten books, including Democracy in Africa (2015), Institutions and Democracy in Africa (2017), How to Rig an Election (2018), Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective (2018), and The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa (2021). Resources:Almost all of Nic's academic articles are available to download for free at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nic-Cheeseman-2 This includes his recent article on democracy in Africa, and the kind of democracy people want: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352974495_African_Studies_Keyword_DemocracyAlso see his review of democracy in Africa in 2020: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343713587_The_State_of_Democracy_in_Africa_2020_A_Changing_of_the_Guards_or_A_Change_of_SystemsMany of Bic's blogs on democracy and elections can be found at: https://theconversation.com/profiles/nic-cheeseman-180800/articlesNic's articles and newspaper columns on African politics for the Mail & Guardian newspaper can be found here: https://mg.co.za/author/nic-cheeseman/He also writes a popular column, called "Political Capital", for the Africa Report - you can read it here: https://www.theafricareport.com/in-depth/political-capital/Many of Nic's pieces, along with those of hundreds of other researchers, can be found on the website that he founded and co-edits: http://democracyinafrica.org/Nic Cheeseman on Twitter: @Fromagehomme Host:Professor Dan Banik, University of Oslo, Twitter: @danbanik @GlobalDevPod
Released:
Dec 15, 2021
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