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020			_a9789211251203 (UNECA)
020			_a9211251206 (UNECA)
020			_a9780199645053 (Oxford University Press)
020			_a0199645051 (Oxford University Press)
040			_aPUCPR
049			_acicg _lci Colección General
050	0	4	_aJQ1875.A55 _bP643 2013
245	0	0	_aAfrican governance report III 2013.
246	1	8	_aAfrican governance report III _belections & the management of diversity.
246	3	0	_aElections and the management of diversity.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_a[Addis Ababa _bUnited Nations] Economic Commission for Africa _aOxford _aNew York _bOxford University Press _c2013.
300			_axiv, 245 pages _billustrations (some color) _c24 cm
336			_btxt
337			_2rdamedia _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aExecutive 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
520	0		_a"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.
650		0	_aPolitical planning _zAfrica. _9152200 _2Local
650		7	_aPolitical science. _9152229 _2Local
650		7	_aPolitical planning _9152200 _2Local
650		0	_aPolitical participation _9152196
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zAfrica. _9152196
651		0	_aAfrica _xPolitics and government _y21st century. _927841 _2LEMB
651		7	_aAfrica _927841 _2LEMB
710	0	0	_aUnited Nations. _bEconomic Commission for Africa. _9182896 _2Local
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