A surprisingly large proportion of the world's dictators today hold elections, so much so that
scholars have coined the term" electoral authoritarianism" to identify this oxymoronic …

This paper analyses the prospects for social protection reform in Zambia under the 'pro-
poor'government of the Patriotic Front (PF). The paper argues that the PF has been …

Political competition in Africa is often characterized as suffering from a number of
deficiencies at the level of political discourse and electoral campaigns, which together paint …

Page 1 Abstract What explains variation in legislative effectiveness where party systems are
fragmented and not policy-oriented? Why and how are some legislators in these contexts able …

Since 1997, conditional cash transfer programmes (CCTs) have operated in several Latin
American countries, highlighting the increased relevance of redistributive policies in the …

Since the collapse of the communist regimes of Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the welfare
regimes in Central and Eastern Europe have been fundamentally transformed in …

Since the collapse of the communist regimes of Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the welfare
regimes in Central and Eastern Europe have been fundamentally transformed in …

Of Electoral Systems and Decentralisation: An institutional explanation to the lack of ideological
and programmatic competition Page 1 Page 1 of 25 Graduate School of Public Policy The …

This paper analyses the prospects for social protection reform in Zambia under the 'pro-
poor'government of the Patriotic Front (PF). The paper argues that the PF has been …