Institutions and Democracy in Africa

1. Introduction. Understanding African politics: bringing the state back in Nic Cheeseman; Part I. Institutional Foundations: 2. Institutional legacies: understanding multiparty politics in historical perspective Rachel Riedl; 3. Property and land institutions: origins, variations and political effects Catherine Boone; 4. Financial institutions: economic liberalisation, credit and opposition party success Leonardo Arriola; Part II. Law and Order: 5. Constitutions: the politics of constitutional reform Muna Ndulo; 6. The Police: laws, prosecutions and women's rights in Liberia Peace Medie; 7. The bureaucracy: policy implementation and reform M. Anne Pitcher and Manuel P. Teodoro; Part III. Elections, Parties and Political Competition: 8. Political parties: presidential succession crises and internal party democracy Ian Cooper; 9. Elections: the power of elections in multiparty Africa Carolien van Ham and Staffan Lindberg; 10. Electoral rules: the relationship between political exclusion and conflict Brian Klaas; 11. Term limits: leadership, political competition and the transfer of power Daniel Young and Daniel Posner; Part IV. Countervailing Institutions: 12. The legislature: institutional strengthening in dominant-party states Michaela Collord; 13. The judiciary: courts, judges and the rule of law Peter VonDoepp; 14. Decentralisation: accountability in local government Alexander Dyzenhaus; 15. Conclusion. Political institutions and democracy in Africa: a research agenda Nic Cheeseman.