Afrobarometer Briefing Paper No. 67: Neither Consolidating Nor Fully Democratic: The Evolution of African Political Regimes, 1999-2008

Publisher:
Afrobarometer
Publication Date:
25 May 2009
Tags:
Africa, Human Rights, Conflict, Peace and Security, Environment

The central questions addressed in this bulletin concern the fate of democracy, especially as seen by Africans themselves. Do they say they want democracy, a preference that we call the popular demand for democracy? And do they think they are getting it, that is, do they perceive that their leaders are providing a supply of democracy? Moreover, if there is evidence of democratic development in Africa, to what extent are democratic regimes established, stable, or consolidated? We examine whether or not various countries are approaching a stable equilibrium between demand and supply – that is, whether they are consolidating – and if so, whether they are doing so as democracies at high levels of both demand and supply, as autocracies at low levels of both, or as hybrid regimes at intermediate levels.

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