03718nam a2200397Ia 4500 327555 20200925062651.0 130412s2013 xx a br i000 0 eng d 9789211251203 (UNECA) 9211251206 (UNECA) 9780199645053 (Oxford University Press) 0199645051 (Oxford University Press) PUCPR cicg ci Colección General JQ1875.A55 P643 2013 African governance report III 2013. African governance report III elections & the management of diversity. Elections and the management of diversity. First edition. [Addis Ababa United Nations] Economic Commission for Africa Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2013. xiv, 245 pages illustrations (some color) 24 cm txt rdamedia n rdacarrier nc Includes bibliographical references. Executive summary -- Political architecture : state- building and diversity -- Democratic transition, elections and diversity management -- Diversity and the electoral process -- Electoral management boards -- Competitive elections and conflict -- The economics of elections -- Electoral, constitutional and political reforms -- Policy recommendations -- Appendix. UNECA Project on good governance : background, methodology and calculating the indices "The African Governance Report, the most comprehensive report on governance in Africa, assesses and monitors the progress of African countries on governance, identifies capacity gaps in governance institutions and proposes policies and strategic interventions to improve governance on the continent. This third edition of the Report, while continuing to monitor governance trends, adopts a thematic approach: elections and the management of diversity in Africa. Elections are central to democratic governance and the political management of diversity in plural societies. While elections are held with greater regularity in Africa, their content and quality remains suspect in many countries, with Africa's rich diversity deployed as a combustive tool in electoral conflicts. Elections have often triggered conflict, with violence, tensions, acrimonies and sharp elite divisions surrounding electoral processes and outcomes-- a worrying trend for Africa's democratic future. The Report investigates elections in the face of managing diversity in Africa. It recommends major electoral, institutional, political and constitutional reforms to enable elections to facilitate the democratic management of diversity, while significantly improving their quality and credibility. These include reform of the party system to make it more inclusive and democratic, a move to more proportional electoral systems, and an increase in the autonomy and effectiveness of election management boards. The Report argues that regional and subregional initiatives and frameworks for elections, democracy and governance have to be implemented and monitored to improve electoral performance and promote democratic consolidation and stability."--Page [4] of cover. Political planning Africa. 152200 Local Political science. 152229 Local Political planning 152200 Local Political participation 152196 Political participation Africa. 152196 Africa Politics and government 21st century. 27841 LEMB Africa 27841 LEMB United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. 182896 Local 244677 244677 0 0 lc 0 JQ_1875_000000000000000_A55_P643_2013 0 CiNU 177813 7 7 4 2016-05-27 United Nations 525771 0 JQ1875.A55 P643 2013 70000000897956 2016-05-27 00:00:00 Library use only r:327555 6 0 0 lc 0 JQ_1875_000000000000000_A55_P643_2013 0 CiNU 177817 7 7 4 2016-05-27 United Nations 525770 0 JQ1875.A55 P643 2013 70000000897955 2016-05-27 00:00:00 Library use only r:327555 6