WP92: Ethnically dominated party systems and the quality of democracy: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper is devoted to assessing whether and how the extent to which party systems are ethnicallydominated affects the quality of democracy. Using Afrobarometer survey data, we devise a new...
Nigeria Round 4 questionnaire (2008)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
The questionnaire for the Round 4 survey in Nigeria.
Nigeria Round 4 survey technical information (2008)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
Nigeria Round 4 codebook (2008)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
WP90: Social capital and political violence in sub-Saharan Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This article uses data from the Afrobarometer—an individual-level survey that has been conducted in 18 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa—to explore the nature of social capital and its...
WP89: Political sources of ethnic identification in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper draws on data from over 33,000 respondents in twenty-two surveys in 10 African countries to investigate the political sources of ethnic identification in Africa. We find strong evidence...
WP88: Narrowing the legitimacy gap: The role of turnover in Africa's emerging democracies
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Democratic consolidation depends on common perceptions of institutional legitimacy among citizens aligned with governing and opposition parties. Elections always result in winners and losers, but...
WP87: Young and old in sub-Saharan Africa: Who are the real democrats?
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
The assumption of modernization theory has always been that the young would be among those at the forefront of movements for political liberalization. To what extent does this assumption hold...
WP86: Corruption, institutional discredit, and exclusion of the poor: A poverty trap
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
The vast majority of empirical studies focus mainly on the indirect effects of corruption on poverty using cross-section analyses of macroeconomic aggregates (growth, investment, public...
WP84: Quality of elections, satisfaction with democracy, and political trust in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Elections are a means for realising some of the core values of democracy, especially participation of the citizenry, which helps to ensure quality governance and accountability on the part of...
WP83: Ethnicity as a political cleavage
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper examines the significance of ethnicity as a political cleavage across African nations over time. While scholars have studied the influence of ethnicity in structuring party politics in...
WP81: Corruption and institutional trust in Africa: Implications for democratic development
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper addresses the corruption-trust nexus with survey data and statistical methods. Data are drawn from the Afrobarometer, a comparative series of national public attitude surveys on...
WP80: Political rights versus public goods: Uncovering the determinants of satisfaction
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
In democracies there is a trade-off between efficiency in the provision of public goods and the extent of political representation. Our paper shows how this trade-off plays out in translating...
WP79: Political transition, corruption, and income inequality in third wave democracies
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
The paper examines the effect of democratization on income inequality in third-wave democracies. Using data from the World Income Inequality Database, this paper will show that income inequality...
WP76: Optimism and poverty in Africa: Adaptation or a means to survival?
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Recent research finds that higher levels of optimism and happiness are associated with other positive traits and behaviors, such as productivity in the labor market, better health, and support for...
WP75: Testing mechanisms of influence: Education and support for democracy in sub-Saharan Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Discussions of the social factors conducive to the emergence and survival of liberal democratic regimes in developing societies have generally emphasized modernization as a positive influence and...
WP74: Legitimating beliefs: Sources and indicators
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper examines the conditions that promote popular legitimating beliefs that provide support for governments that are attempting to serve their entire populations competently and in a manner...
WP73: The micro-dynamics of welfare state retrenchment and the implications for citizenship in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
In Africa, neoliberal reform has represented a major retrenchment in the public provision of health and education services. In terms of politics, this free or highly subsidized public provision of...
WP71: A vicious circle of corruption and mistrust in institutions in sub-Saharan Africa: A micro-level analysis
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper evaluates the extent to which expressive voting can explain Malawi’s regional census. Specifically, are Malawians who hold regional identities more likely to be regional partisans...
WP69: Corruption and the inequality trap in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
In this paper I offer an argument I call the “inequality trap”–how high inequality leads to low trust in out-groups and then to high levels of corruption–and back to higher levels of...
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