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September 2004, Volume 39, Number 3, Pages 248-278
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| Indicators of Democracy and Good Governance as Measures of the Quality of Democracy in Africa: A Critical Appraisal |
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| Dirk Berg-Schlossera |
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aInstitut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany. E-mail: bergschl@staff.uni-marburg.de
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| Current measures of levels of democratization, such as those by Freedom House, Jaggers and Gurr, or Vanhanen, for example, are often mistaken to be an indication of the 'quality' of democracy in a more comprehensive and normatively more demanding sense. The same is true for some of the current criteria and indicators of 'good governance'. This paper points out some of the limitations and weaknesses of these indicators and shows how, in spite of such limitations, they can be used to provide more coherent and readily available information on the state of affairs and the 'quality' of democracy in African countries.
Acta Politica (2004) 39, 248-278. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500065 |
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| Keywords |
| indicators of democracy; good governance; democratisation in Africa; quality of democracy; performance of political systems |
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