WP130: When politicians cede control of resources: Land, chiefs and coalition-building in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Why would politicians give up power over the allocation of critical resources to community leaders? This article examines why many African governments have ceded power over the allocation of land...
WP128: The roots of resilience: Exploring popular support for African traditional authorities
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
By 2010, it has become clear that in most of Africa, traditional authorities are a resilient lot, just as much a part of the “modern” political landscape as any constitution, legislature or...
WP127: Voting intentions in Africa: Ethnic, economic or partisan?
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper offers a first comprehensive account of popular voting intentions in Africa’s new electoral democracies. With reference to comparative aggregate and survey data from 16 countries, we...
WP126: Why do citizens assent to pay tax? Legitimacy, taxation and the African state
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Why do citizens assent to pay tax? On what condition do private individuals agree to commit their personal income to a public fund at the disposal of the state? What are the reciprocal...
WP123: Democratizing the measurement of democratic quality: Public attitude data and the evaluation of African political regimes
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Diamond and Morlino (2005) propose a quality of democracy framework that includes eight dimensions, but they suggest that only one of these – responsiveness – is susceptible to measurement...
WP122: Anchoring the “D-Word” in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Efforts to do comparative research on political attitudes have been complicated by varying understandings of “democracy.” The Afrobarometer is exploring new techniques to overcome this...
WP121: Political participation in Africa: Participatory inequalities and the role of resources
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of individual resource endowments for explaining individual and group variation in African political participation. Drawing on new data for more than...
WP120: Urban-rural differences in support for incumbents across Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Across sub-Saharan Africa support for incumbent governments is significantly higher among rural residents than urbanites, although the magnitude of this difference varies across countries. In this...
WP119: Citizen perceptions of local government responsiveness in sub-Saharan Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper examines local government performance from the perspective of users, with special attention to questions of responsiveness, representation and accountability. The results both confirm...
WP118: The ethnicity distraction? Political credibility and partisan preferences in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Much of the research on ethnicity, development and conflict implicitly assumes that ethnic groups act collectively in pursuit of their interests. Collective political action is typically...
WP117: African perspectives on China-Africa: Gauging popular perceptions and their economic and political determinants
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
China ’s recent political and economic inroads into Africa have generated much excitement in the current literature, with scholars and policymakers endeavoring to assess the merits and risks...
Merged Round 1 Codebook (12 countries) (1999 - 2001)
afrobarometer survey-resources (select-countries=nigeria)
Merged Data Codebook for the Round 1 Afrobarometer Survey.
WP116: Do voters have different attitudes toward corruption? The sources and implications of popular perceptions and tolerance of political corruption
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Political tolerance and political perceptions are analytically in distinguishable in current literature. In reality, however, individual attitudes toward political corruption are complicated and...
WP113: Religious faith and democracy: Evidence from the Afrobarometer surveys
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
This paper takes advantage of Round 4 of the Afrobarometer surveys to explore the relationship between religion and democracy in Africa . It focuses on three central concerns. First, using a new,...
WP112: National versus ethnic identity in Africa: State, group, and individual level correlates of national identification
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
While sub-Saharan African states are not generally considered to be true nation-states, there is still considerable variation across countries in the level of nationalism expressed by their...
WP111: Weak states and political violence in sub-Saharan Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Political violence has emerged as one of Africa ‘s most pressing security issues and recent events in Kenya , Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria point to the salience of the phenomenon. Existing...
WP110: Looking toward the future: Alternations in power and popular perspectives on democratic durability in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Can democracy consolidate in electoral systems without power alternations? Using public attitude data collected by the Afrobarometer in 16 sub-Saharan African countries (2005-6), as well as...
WP109: The limited impacts of formal education on democratic citizenship in Africa
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Africa is the poorest and most underdeveloped continent in the world. Among many political and social consequences, poverty and the lack of infrastructure place significant limitations on the...
Popular attitudes toward democracy in Nigeria: A summary of Afrobarometer indicators (2000-2008)
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
A summary of popular attitudes regarding the demand for and supply of democracy in Nigeria.
WP108: The quality of democracy and governance in Africa: New results from Afrobarometer Round 4
afrobarometer publications (select-countries=nigeria)
Since 1999, the Afrobarometer has conducted more than 105,000 interviews to collect data on the attitudes and behaviors of ordinary Africans in reforming polities and economies across the...
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