This book is a groundbreaking exploration of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the Afrobarometer, a survey research project, it reveals what ordinary Africans think about democracy and market reforms, subjects on which almost nothing is otherwise known. The authors find that support for democracy in Africa is wide but shallow and that Africans feel trapped between state and market. While Africans are learning about reform on the basis of knowledge, reasoning, and experience, few countries are likely to attain fully fledged democracies and markets anytime soon.
This book is a groundbreaking exploration of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the Afrobarometer, a survey research project, it reveals what ordinary Africans think about democracy and market reforms, subjects on which almost nothing is otherwise known. The authors find that support for democracy in Africa is wide but shallow and that Africans feel trapped between state and market. While Africans are learning about reform on the basis of knowledge, reasoning, and experience, few countries are likely to attain fully fledged democracies and markets anytime soon.
Professor Michael Bratton is Professor of Political Science and at the African Studies Center at Michigan State University. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Afrobarometer, a comparative series of national political attitude surveys covering more than a dozen African countries. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards for his work on Africa and his ongoing research there. He is also a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Modern African Studies and the co-author (with Nicolas van de Walle of Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspective.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: 1. A tale of two presidents 2. Taking account of adjustments 3. Setting an agenda 4. Overview of contents Part I. Framework: Africa's Hybrid Regimes: 5. A decade of political reforms, 1990-2001 6. Two decades of economic reforms, 1982-2001 7. Dual transitions: compartibilities and contradictions 8. Demand, supply, and regime consolidation 9. Deriving public opinion: studying public opinion in Africa 10. Competing theories, rival hypotheses 11. Towards a learning approach 12. Survey research in Africa 13. The afrobarometer: an appropriate method? 14. A quest for comparison Part II. Popular Attitudes to Reform: Attitudes to Democracy: 15. Understanding of democracy 16. Support for democracy 17. Rejection of alternative regimes 18. Satisfaction with democracy 19. Wide but shallow 20. The extent of democracy: attitudes to a market economy: 21. The popular development agenda 22. Between state and market 23. Awareness of economic reforms 24. Support for economic reforms 25. Satisfaction with economic reforms 26. Economic patience?: economic and political behavior 27. Living standards 28. Securing economic livelihoods 29. Compliance and the law 30. Varieties of political participation 31. Defending democracy? 32. From attitudes to behavior Part III. Competing Explanations: The Structure of Society: 33. Demographic determinants 34. Varieties of sub-nationalism 35. The burden of poverty 36. Structural models: cultural values 37. Self-identities 38. Interpersonal trust 39. An emergent individualism 40. Cultural models awareness of public affairs 41. The spark of education 42. Exposure to mass media 43. Cognitive engagement 44. Political and economic knowledge 45. The eye of the beholder 46. Cognitive models: performance evaluations 47. Evaluating the economy 48. The corruption of the state? 49. Assessing regime performance 50. Grading the government 51. A representation gap? 52. Performance models: institutional influences 53. Associational life 54. Party identification: political participation 55. Economic participation 56. Institutional models Part IV. Explaining Reform Constituencies: Modeling Attitudes to Reform: 57. Modeling demand for democracy 58. Modeling the supply of democracy 59. Modeling demand for a market economy 60. Modeling the supply of economic reform 61. Paths to reform: a learning process: predicting political participation 62. Voting 63. Protesting 64. Communing and contacting 64. Vote choice 65. Defending democracy 66. Political participation: cause or effect?: deciphering regime consolidation 67. The effects of 'country' 68. Demand, supply, and regime consolidation (revisited) 69. The consolidation of African political regimes 70. The correlates of consolidation 71. Economic versus political legacies 72. The study of Africa 73. Theories of social change 74. Strategies of development.
Introduction: 1. A tale of two presidents 2. Taking account of adjustments 3. Setting an agenda 4. Overview of contents Part I. Framework: Africa's Hybrid Regimes: 5. A decade of political reforms, 1990-2001 6. Two decades of economic reforms, 1982-2001 7. Dual transitions: compartibilities and contradictions 8. Demand, supply, and regime consolidation 9. Deriving public opinion: studying public opinion in Africa 10. Competing theories, rival hypotheses 11. Towards a learning approach 12. Survey research in Africa 13. The afrobarometer: an appropriate method? 14. A quest for comparison Part II. Popular Attitudes to Reform: Attitudes to Democracy: 15. Understanding of democracy 16. Support for democracy 17. Rejection of alternative regimes 18. Satisfaction with democracy 19. Wide but shallow 20. The extent of democracy: attitudes to a market economy: 21. The popular development agenda 22. Between state and market 23. Awareness of economic reforms 24. Support for economic reforms 25. Satisfaction with economic reforms 26. Economic patience?: economic and political behavior 27. Living standards 28. Securing economic livelihoods 29. Compliance and the law 30. Varieties of political participation 31. Defending democracy? 32. From attitudes to behavior Part III. Competing Explanations: The Structure of Society: 33. Demographic determinants 34. Varieties of sub-nationalism 35. The burden of poverty 36. Structural models: cultural values 37. Self-identities 38. Interpersonal trust 39. An emergent individualism 40. Cultural models awareness of public affairs 41. The spark of education 42. Exposure to mass media 43. Cognitive engagement 44. Political and economic knowledge 45. The eye of the beholder 46. Cognitive models: performance evaluations 47. Evaluating the economy 48. The corruption of the state? 49. Assessing regime performance 50. Grading the government 51. A representation gap? 52. Performance models: institutional influences 53. Associational life 54. Party identification: political participation 55. Economic participation 56. Institutional models Part IV. Explaining Reform Constituencies: Modeling Attitudes to Reform: 57. Modeling demand for democracy 58. Modeling the supply of democracy 59. Modeling demand for a market economy 60. Modeling the supply of economic reform 61. Paths to reform: a learning process: predicting political participation 62. Voting 63. Protesting 64. Communing and contacting 64. Vote choice 65. Defending democracy 66. Political participation: cause or effect?: deciphering regime consolidation 67. The effects of 'country' 68. Demand, supply, and regime consolidation (revisited) 69. The consolidation of African political regimes 70. The correlates of consolidation 71. Economic versus political legacies 72. The study of Africa 73. Theories of social change 74. Strategies of development.
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