The Study of Term Limits in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons on Democratisation and Autocratisation

Julia Grauvogel; Charlotte Heyl

doi:10.1177/0002039720987696

The Study of Term Limits in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons on Democratisation and Autocratisation

Titel in Übersetzung: Die Forschung zu Amtszeitbeschränkungen in Afrika: Implikationen für Demokratisierung und Autokratisierung

Julia Grauvogel^*
, Charlotte Heyl

^*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Abstract

Studies on term limits in Africa have proliferated over the past two decades. This introduction to the special issue on the struggle over term limits contributes to advancing the research agenda with novel empirical evidence and a rigorous conceptual framework. Moreover, we propose complementing existing work on term limits and democratisation with a more explicit focus on their repercussions for authoritarian rule. Drawing on the comparative lessons of the special issue, we outline how term limits can be theorised as part of the institutional landscape in authoritarian regimes and how third-term bids can be understood as a tool of autocratisation.

Titel in Übersetzung	Die Forschung zu Amtszeitbeschränkungen in Afrika: Implikationen für Demokratisierung und Autokratisierung
Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Africa Spectrum
Jahrgang	55
Ausgabenummer	3
Seiten (von - bis)	215-227
Seitenumfang	13
ISSN	0002-0397
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0002039720987696
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 12.2020
Extern publiziert	Ja

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