" Taken together, reciprocity, commonality and preference make for a sense of moral virtue
that is rooted in privileged relationships between those who share some form of collective …

This article addresses a question relevant to many non-democratic regimes: how can a
successful dominant party be an institutionally weak one? President Yoweri Museveni and …

Politicians mobilize people to vote by devising messages and imparting them to those
people. Many studies examine African electioneering through a framework that …

This thesis analyses the political negotiations that shaped pre-electoral coalition-building
amongst opposition parties in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda, over multiple rounds of …

Access to drinking water infrastructure in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) has
increased over the last 30 years, but much of that infrastructure functions intermittently …

After Uganda embraced electoral democracy in 1996, a trend emerged where Ugandans
between 18 and 35 do not turn out to vote in large numbers. Although the country is …

This dissertation seeks to understand what role opposition parties play in a hybrid regime,
focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. Opposition parties can curtail incumbents' control over the …

This thesis is about election campaigning in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that the central
feature of many African ground campaigns is the prominence assumed by the rally. Where …