全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w18424
来源ID	Working Paper 18424
	New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa
	Ilia Rainer; Francesco Trebbi
发表日期	2012-09-27
出版年	2012
语种	英语
摘要	The study of autocracies and weakly institutionalized countries is plagued by scarcity of information about the relative strength of different players within the political system. This paper presents novel data on the composition of government coalitions in a sample of fifteen post-colonial African countries suited to this task. We emphasize the role of the executive branch as the central fulcrum of all national political systems in our sample, especially relative to other institutional bodies such as the legislative assembly. Leveraging on the impressive body of work documenting the crucial role of ethnic fragmentation as a main driver of political and social friction in Africa, the paper further details the construction of ethnic composition measures for executive cabinets. We discuss how this novel source of information may help shed light on the inner workings of typically opaque African political elites.
主题	Public Economics ; Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D ; Country Studies
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w18424
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/576100
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ilia Rainer,Francesco Trebbi. New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa. 2012.

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