{"id":1094,"date":"2012-04-04T10:57:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T10:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2013-03-18T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T16:57:09","slug":"diehards-and-democracy-elites-inequality-and-institutions-in-african-elections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/diehards-and-democracy-elites-inequality-and-institutions-in-african-elections-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Diehards and democracy: Elites, inequality and institutions in African elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Press-release_Diehards-and-democracy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1114\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"elections, biometric voter registration, democracy, election violence, political reform\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/elections-briefing1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"elections, biometric voter registration, democracy, election violence, political reform\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/elections-briefing1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/elections-briefing1-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/elections-briefing1-170x240.jpg 170w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/elections-briefing1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multi-party elections are a salient feature of Africa\u2019s rapidly evolving political landscape. International support for elections is prioritised above all other strategies for consolidating democracy. The legacies of political reform are diverse, and variable. Technology, natural resource endowments, rising inequality, volatile food and fuel costs, and entrenched elites are influencing elections in ways few anticipated. These notes examine some essential traits of recent African elections, and consider their implications for future contests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Press-release_Diehards-and-democracy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1278\" title=\"Download PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pdf_download_ari.png\" alt=\"Download PDF\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-party elections are a salient feature of Africa\u2019s rapidly evolving political landscape. International support for elections is prioritised above all other strategies for consolidating democracy. The legacies of political reform are diverse, and variable. Technology, natural resource endowments, rising inequality, volatile food and fuel costs, and entrenched elites are influencing elections in ways few anticipated. These notes examine some essential traits of recent African elections, and consider their implications for future contests. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[42,63,48,35,131],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-biometric-voter-registration","tag-democracy","tag-election-violence","tag-elections","tag-political-reform"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diehards and democracy: Elites, inequality and institutions in African elections - Africa Research Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/diehards-and-democracy-elites-inequality-and-institutions-in-african-elections-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Diehards and democracy: Elites, inequality and institutions in African elections - Africa Research Institute\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Multi-party elections are a salient feature of Africa\u2019s rapidly evolving political landscape. 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