@article{ref1,
title="Determinants of democratic successes and failures in Africa",
journal="European journal of political research",
year="2008",
author="Berg‐schlosser, Dirk",
volume="47",
number="3",
pages="269-306",
abstract="Abstract.  This article, first, identifies democratic, authoritarian and ‘praetorian’ political system types in Africa on the basis of major current indicators. It then systematically tests a broad variety of hypotheses concerning the historical, social-structural, socio-economic, political and institutional determinants and performance characteristics of these system types. A macro-quantitative synopsis attempts to identify the most ‘parsimonious’ overall constellations of factors in this regard. This is supplemented by a macro-qualitative analysis of major ‘conjunctural’ conditions identifying the main groups of cases and their determining factors in a ‘contradiction-free’ manner. The conclusions point to the decisive importance of ‘governance’ aspects in the future.<p />",
language="",
issn="0304-4130",
doi="10.1111/j.1475-6765.2007.00768.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2007.00768.x"
}