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Who is democracy good for? Elections, rural bias, and health and education outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa
- Abstract:
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How do African governments respond to democratic electoral competition? Although the common perception is that African governments have sought to win elections by combining various types of electoral fraud, clientelism, and ethnic mobilization, I argue that democratic elections in Africa have also induced governments to compete for votes by providing basic services. One implication of this is a rural bias in the impact of democracy on basic health and education outcomes. Using individual-leve...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Politics Journal website
- Volume:
- 82
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 241-254
- Publication date:
- 2019-11-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-2508
- ISSN:
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0022-3816
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- Copyright holder:
- Southern Political Science Association
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © 2019 by the Southern Political Science Association.
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