Reinforcing Authoritarian Rule: Electoral Politics in Angola

Autor:	Lesley Blaauw
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Government Spanish Civil War Hegemony State (polity) Political science media_common.quotation_subject Political economy Development economics Authoritarianism Openness to experience Electoral politics Democracy media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of African Elections. 13:122-136
ISSN:	2415-5837 1609-4700
DOI:	10.20940/jae/2014/v13i2a6
Popis:	In the aftermath of the conclusion of the peace process in Angola in 1992 the Angolan government managed to establish formal democratic institutions. Foremost on the agenda was the decision to allow for multiparty elections. Yet the launch of electoral politics as part of the democratic landscape in Angola has not led to the development of a culture of tolerance and openness typical of democratic societies. On the contrary, the outbreak of a civil war following the disputed elections in 1992 gave the Angolan government the opportunity to revert to its authoritarian ways. The consequence of this reversal was that the elections of 2008 have not led to the entrenchment or the development of electoral democracy but rather to the reinforcement of electoral authoritarianism. This article posits that while the foundation for the evolution of electoral democracy has been laid, the Angolan government can, at best, be described as an electoral authoritarian state that reinforces its hegemony over Angolan society through electoral processes which do not conform to democratic practices.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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