Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

No 462: Political participation in Africa: Participatory inequalities and the role of resources

Ann-Sofie Isaksson ()
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Ann-Sofie Isaksson: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the role of individual resource endowments for explaining individual and group variation in African political participation. Drawing on new data for more than 27 000 respondents in 20 emerging African democracies, the empirical findings suggest surprisingly weak explanatory power of the resource perspective, both for explaining individual variation and observed group inequalities in participation. In several cases, the relatively resource poor groups participate to a greater extent than the relatively resource rich.

Keywords: Political participation; Group inequalities; Resources; Africa; Afrobarometer

JEL-codes: D01; D72; O12; O55

26 pages, First version: August 3, 2010. Revised: October 1, 2010.

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