Election note: Burkina Faso's 2015 presidential and legislative elections

Ariotti, Margaret

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2016.08.014

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“…The successful push-back against a reactionary coup attempt in 2015 preserved the gains made during the uprising and subsequent transition (Saidou, 2018a), contrary to how the Sudanese revolution unfolded. The elections organised within a year proved to be the freest and most transparent in the country (Ariotti, 2016), even though the newly elected political elite were not starkly different from the old one. Roch Kaboré, elected as President in November 2015, had been a key figure of Compaoré's regime, having presided over the CDP and the National Assembly.…”

Section: The Transformative Impact Of the 2014 Uprisingmentioning

confidence: 96%

Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa

Sanches¹

2022

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This book offers a fresh analysis of third wave popular protests in Africa, shedding light on the complex dynamics between political change and continuity in contemporary Africa.The book argues that protests are simultaneously products and generators of change in that they are triggered by micro-and-macrosocial changes, but they also have the capacity to transform the nature of politics. By examining the triggers, actors, political opportunities, resources, and framing strategies, the contributors shed light onto tangible (e.g. policy implementation, liberal reforms, political alternation) and intangible (e.g. perceptions, imagination, awareness) forms of change elicited by protests. It reveals the relevant role of African protests as engines of democracy, accountability, and collective knowledge.Bringing popular protests in authoritarian and democratic settings into discussion, this book will be of interest to scholars of African politics, democracy, and protest movements.

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Section: The Transformative Impact Of the 2014 Uprisingmentioning

confidence: 96%