Activist Origins of Political Ambition
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Activist Origins of Political Ambition

Opposition Candidacy in Africa's Electoral Authoritarian Regimes

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eBook - PDF

Activist Origins of Political Ambition

Opposition Candidacy in Africa's Electoral Authoritarian Regimes

About this book

Why do people run for office with opposition parties in electoral authoritarian regimes, where the risks of running are high, and the chances of victory are bleak? In Activist Origins of Political Ambition, Keith Weghorst offers a theory that candidacy decisions are set in motion in early life events and that civic activism experiences and careers in civil society organizations funnel aspirants towards opposition candidacy in electoral authoritarian regimes. The book also adapts existing explanations of candidacy decisions derived from leading democracies that can be applied to electoral authoritarian contexts. The mixed-methods research design features an in-depth study of Tanzania using original survey data, sequence methods, archival research, and qualitative data combined with an analysis of legislators across authoritarian and democratic regimes in Africa. A first-of-its kind study, the book's account of the origins of candidacy motivations offers contributions to its study in autocracies, as well as in leading democracies and the United States.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Running against All Odds
  10. 2 A Theory of Opposition Candidacy
  11. 3 Electoral Authoritarianism in Tanzania
  12. 4 Roots of Ambition: Civic Activism and Career Partisanship
  13. 5 From Roots to Branches: Career Pathways to Candidacy Choices
  14. 6 Winning Party Nomination Contests
  15. 7 Winning General Elections
  16. 8 Benefits of Winning (and Losing) Elections
  17. 9 Costs of Competing in Authoritarian Elections
  18. 10 Testing the Argument across Africa
  19. 11 Elections and Authoritarianism in the Twenty-first Century
  20. Appendix A Qualitative and Survey Interviews: Sample Design, Response Rates, and Representativeness
  21. Appendix B Statistical Results, Analysis Details, and Robustness
  22. References
  23. Index