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Electoral Politics, Laws and Ethnicity in Africa

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Authors:
  1. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai

    1. Department of Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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  • Provides the first comparative regional assessment and thematic contribution to Africa's electoral legal landscape
  • Explores issues facing legal reforms on elections, existing constitutional provisions and international law positions
  • Compares elections in some of Africa's leading democratic countries such as South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Sierra Leone

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The book will provide the first regionally widespread and thematic look at African electoral systems and antecedent issues such as electoral laws, gender, politics, violence, and youth challenges in Africa. It will enrich the discussion on four country-specific studies within a general regional framework that explains and explores a “home base” viewpoint of what occurs before, during and after elections. The book will bring together a discussion of diverse issues under one umbrella, which has never been done before. This book begins a discussion from an academic’s and practitioner’s view of elections, contrasting the intellectual discussion with the author’s personal experience of practical realities on the ground. Additionally, the book will create long-standing and lasting literature that will compare elections in some of Africa's leading democratic countries, such as South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Sierra Leone. 

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
    Pages 1-11

  3. International and Constitutional, Legislative and Institutional Frame on Elections in Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. International and Regional Legal Instruments on Elections

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 15-34

    3. Comparative Constitutional Framework on Elections in Africa

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 35-59

    4. Electoral Commissions—Models and Roles and Responsibilities

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 61-76

    5. Political Parties Regulation in a Comparative Perspective: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 77-94

  4. Political Party Financing, Code of Conduct and Judicalization in Election in Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Political Party Financing

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 97-116

    3. Codes of Conduct for Political Parties

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 117-139

    4. Judicialization of Elections

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 141-161

  5. Politics, Citizenship, Ethnicity and Violence in Election in Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Ethnicity and Election in Africa

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 165-190

    3. Citizenship and Election in Africa

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 191-213

    4. Women and Youth in Elections

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 215-232

    5. Electoral Violence

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 233-247

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Conclusion

      • Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
      Pages 251-259

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 261-270
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

    Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai

About the author

Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai is Head of the Department of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sierra Leone.  He is also a civil society practitioner working on elections and leading coalitions. He is a pro-democracy activist and was chair of the Political Affairs Cluster of the African Union’s Economic Social and Cultural Council monitored several elections in Africa. He led the legal review process of Sierra Leone's election laws leading to the 2023 elections. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electoral Politics, Laws and Ethnicity in Africa

  • Authors: Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34136-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34135-9Published: 25 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34138-0Published: 26 July 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-34136-6Published: 24 July 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Electoral Politics, African Politics, Politics and Gender

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