(21:07) This episode shares data-driven insights about African Politics. It covers a variety of studies, addressing issues like technology, state infrastructure, foreign relations, economics, ethnicity, the legacy of colonialism, and democracy. .
Each observation in the National Level Party Systems dataset (NLPS) and the District Level Party Systems dataset (DPLS) is the party system at the national or district level, respectively, in a given election. In addition to conventional measures like the effective number of parties are variables such as the size of the largest party, list type, and the vote shares for presidential candidates. .
Measures levels of political violence and terror that a country experiences in a particular year based on a 5-level "terror scale" originally developed by Freedom House..
primary focus is the study of elections and voting systems; but it has a general interest in all matters relating to the theme of "representative democracy".
Published by the African Association of Political Science with the aim of providing a platform for African perspectives on issues of politics, economy and society in Africa..