Post-Election Violence in Africa

The Impact of Judicial Independence
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-27163-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 163 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

Reihe: African Governance

This book explores the effect of the judiciary on the incidence of post-election violence by political actors across Africa and within African countries. It examines how variation in judicial independence can constrain or incentivize election violence among democratizing states.

Using case studies and cross-national analysis, the book shows that variation in levels of judicial independence from a non-independent judiciary to a quasi-independent judiciary or from a fully independent judiciary to quasi-independent judiciary increases the likelihood of strategic use of post-election violence by non-state actors. However, the likelihood of post-election violence is significantly reduced in non-independent judiciaries or once countries’ judiciaries become fully independent. The author makes the theoretical argument that, within unconsolidated states, non-state actors that view the judiciary as semi-independent are more likely to engage in post-election violence with the purpose of creating political and professional uncertainty in order to influence assertive behaviour from judges in disputed elections. Consequently, the book argues that semi-independent judiciaries or judiciaries that are neither fully controlled by the incumbent nor fully independent from the incumbent can help explain post-election violence among unconsolidated states, all else being equal.

This book will be of interest to scholars of election violence, democratic politics, law and politics and African politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simati, Meshack

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I. The Danger of Election Violence: Theory 1. Election Violence and Judicial Independence 2. Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses Part II. Evidence 3. Data and Variables 4. Empirical Analysis for Judicial Independence on Post-election Violence 5. A Historical Analysis of the Judiciary and Election Violence in Kenya: Critical Junctures 6. Disputed Elections under a Dependent Judiciary in Uganda Part III. Policy Implications 7. Implications for Theory and Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Meshack B. Simati is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Studies at California State University, San Marcos, USA.