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The Nexus Between Good/Bad Governance and Citizens’ Participation in Nigeria’s Electoral Process [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesThe place of the state in deciding the lives of the citizenry cannot be negotiated. This is because the first responsibility of the state is to protect the lives and properties of the citizenry.
Kelechi Johnmary Ani
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Electoral Governance: More than Just Electoral Administration
Mexican Law Review, 2015 The meaning of “electoral governance” is often equated with “electoral administration”. The process, however, can be divided into three distinct stages: 1) formation of regulatory bodies and norms; 2) implementation of these norms; and 3) dispute resolution. Given these three parts, electoral governance amounts to much more than just administration. In
Torres, Luis Eduardo Medina +1 more
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Good governance in Bangladesh: Present situation and future challenges [PDF]
Međunarodni Problemi, 2005 In this article the authors focus on challenges, experiences and strategies for good governance in Bangladesh. They explore what capacities states need to develop in order to meet the demands and how to strengthen governance institutions, including ...
Momen Nurul, Begum Marzina
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES: CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Journal of Social Sciences, 2023 The democratic transition on the African continent has been accompanied by problems of poor governance, poor administration, third terms and centralized power, electoral administration conundrums, and corruption.
MAMOKHERE, John +1 more
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Pathways of Electoral Clientelism in University Student Elections in Ghana: An Exploratory Study
Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2021 Recent studies on student politics and governance have shown that electoral clientelism (EC) in university student elections is often facilitated by clientelist relations between student leaders and political parties.
Kwaku Abrefa Busia +2 more
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The Contributions of Party System to Democratic Development in Africa: A Historical Perspective
African Journal of Political Science, 2023 The paper examined the contributions of party system to democratic development in Africa. Democratic governance and meaningful elections have long been considered unachievable in the absence of political parties and party competition.
Ameen Abdulkadir
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JAKPP (Jurnal Analisis Kebijakan dan Pelayanan Publik)Traditional authority remains a central component of governance and policy mediation across Africa, where culturally grounded legitimacy often complements formal state institutions.
Idrees Mahmud Gana, Sakina Nna Umar
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Cogent Social SciencesThis article examines the role of election technology through a power-relations perspective to challenge the dominant technologically centric approach in evaluating election systems.
Caroline Paskarina +4 more
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag +3 more
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Journal of Local Government Research and InnovationBackground: The electoral systems adopted for local government offer the citizens the democratic opportunity to elect their representatives through a proportional representative system and constituency electoral system.
Ndwakhulu S. Tshishonga
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