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Democracy and political turnover experience in Africa

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper empirically tests the effect of the quality of democracy on the probability of re-election of African incumbents. A Probit model is estimated on a sample of 43 countries over the period from 1980 to 2020. Our results strongly show that the quality of democracy negatively and significantly affects the probability of re-election of incumbents. Disaggregating the democracy indicators shows that dictatorship practices significantly favour incumbents’ re-election. We recommend strengthening institutional mechanisms promoting political rights and freedoms to favour electoral turnover.

Source: Les Cahiers du CEDIMES.

DOI: 10.69611/cahiers20-4-01

Authors: Désiré AVOM, Adalbert Abraham Ghislain MELINGUI BATE

Institutions: Université de Yaoundé II, Université de Bertoua

Language: English

Topic: Political Conflict and Governance

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W7141071074

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