Politics, Economy and Democratic Regime Performance in Africa: Ordinary Africans’ Perspectives
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How do ordinary citizens evaluate democratic regime performance in emerging democracy? Using Afrobarometer survey data, this study examines the impacts of economic and political performance on shaping public attitudes toward democratic regimes. Economic growth and distribution are the most important factor on popular evaluations of democratic regime performance in new democracies. However, recent studies show that, following democratic transition, the political performance of democratic institutions and actors in protecting political rights, civil liberty, and a rule of law may significantly shape popular attitudes toward democratic regime, even when elected governments perform poorly on the economy. We find that political performance is more important than economic performance when Africans evaluate the performance of democratically elected regime. Our findings suggest that citizens of a new democracy distinguish between the political and economic dimensions of regime performance and may value democracy for the political goods it produces even when its economic performance is perceived as poor and costly in the short term.
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How do ordinary citizens evaluate democratic regime performance in emerging democracy? Using Afrobarometer survey data, this study examines the impacts of economic and political performance on shaping public attitudes toward democratic regimes. Economic growth and distribution are the most important factor on popular evaluations of democratic regime performance in new democracies. However, recent studies show that, following democratic transition, the political performance of democratic institutions and actors in protecting political rights, civil liberty, and a rule of law may significantly shape popular attitudes toward democratic regime, even when elected governments perform poorly on the economy. We find that political performance is more important than economic performance when Africans evaluate the performance of democratically elected regime. Our findings suggest that citizens of a new democracy distinguish between the political and economic dimensions of regime performance and may value democracy for the political goods it produces even when its economic performance is perceived as poor and costly in the short term.
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