1st Edition
Post-Election Violence in Africa The Impact of Judicial Independence
By Meshack Simati
Copyright 2020
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the effect of the judiciary on the incidence of post-election violence by political actors across Africa and within African countries. It examines how variation in judicial independence can constrain or incentivize election violence among democratizing states. Using case studies and cross-national analysis, the book shows that variation in levels of judicial independence... Read more
Introduction Part I. The Danger of Election Violence: Theory 1. Election Violence and Judicial Independence 2. Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses Part II. Evidence 3. Data and Variables 4. Empirical Analysis for Judicial Independence on Post-election Violence 5. A Historical Analysis of the Judiciary and Election Violence in Kenya: Critical Junctures 6. Disputed Elections under a Dependent Judiciary in Uganda Part III. Policy Implications 7. Implications for Theory and Practice
Biography
Meshack B. Simati is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Studies at California State University, San Marcos, USA.
