Title Public opinion, democracy, and market reform in Africa / Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes, E. Gyimah-Boadi

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 466 pages) : charts Series Cambridge studies in comparative politics Cambridge studies in comparative politics. Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I FRAMEWORK; PART II POPULAR ATTITUDES TO REFORM; PART III COMPETING EXPLANATIONS; PART IV EXPLAINING REFORM CONSTITUENCIES; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; Index Summary This book is a fascinating exploration of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the Afrobarometer, a comprehensive cross-national survey research project, it reveals what ordinary Africans think about democracy and market reform, 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. Beyond multiparty elections, people want clean and accountable government. They will accept economic structural adjustment only if it is accompanied by an effective state, the availability of jobs, and an equitable society. What are the origins of these attitudes? Far from being constrained by social structure and cultural values, Africans learn about reform on the basis of knowledge, reasoning, and experience. Weighing supply and demand for reform, the authors reach cautious conclusions about the varying prospects of African countries for attaining fully-fledged democracy and markets.0 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Democracy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Public opinion Legitimacy of governments -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Public opinion Capitalism -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Public opinion Free enterprise -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Public opinion Public opinion -- Africa, Sub-Saharan POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Capitalism -- Public opinion Democracy -- Public opinion Economic history -- Public opinion Economic policy -- Public opinion Free enterprise -- Public opinion Legitimacy of governments -- Public opinion Politics and government -- Public opinion Public opinion SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Public opinion Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- 1960- -- Public opinion Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic policy -- Public opinion Subject Sub-Saharan Africa Form Electronic book Author Mattes, Robert B. Gyimah-Boadi, Emmanuel. ISBN 0511231121 9780511231124 9780511228711 0511228716 0511230354 9780511230356 9780511617324 0511617321

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