民主人士的多重面孔:对马拉维民主的满意度和对民主的支持

IF 0.8 Q2 AREA STUDIES
M. Chasukwa
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自1990年代初以来,对民主的满意和支持问题一直是关于非洲民主的生存和质量的讨论的中心。尽管主流言论声称对民主的支持随着时间的推移而不断增加,但非洲国家在某种程度上偏离了这条道路。因此,自20世纪90年代初的第三次民主化浪潮以来,非洲国家对民主的满意度和对民主的支持程度一直在下降。本文关注对民主的满意度和对民主的支持的趋势,目的是解释破坏民主生存和质量的因素。采用混合方法研究设计,使用四轮Afrobarometer调查数据和二次数据,以解决文章中提出的与批评和满意的民主党人有关的问题。文章发现,对民主和教育的满意度是马拉维支持民主的重要预测因素。它还确立了关键的民主党人为使民主发挥作用而斗争,尽管这是为了他们的经济生存。文章认为,马拉维民主的生存和质量受到精英批判公民的损害,他们在成为工具主义者时表现出对民主的原则承诺。
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Multiple Faces of Democrats: Satisfaction with Democracy and Support for Democracy in Malawi
Matters of satisfaction with and support for democracy have been at the centre of discussion regarding the survival and quality of democracy in Africa since the early 1990s. While the dominant discourse claims that support for democracy keeps on increasing with time, African countries have somewhat deviated from this path. Thus, African countries have had decreasing levels of satisfaction with democracy and support for democracy since the third democratisation wave of the early 1990s. This article takes interest in the trends of satisfaction with democracy and support for democracy with the objective of explaining factors contributing to the undermining of the survival and quality of democracy. A mixed methods research design, using Afrobarometer survey data for four rounds and secondary data, is deployed to address issues pertaining to critical and satisfied democrats as raised in the article. The article finds that satisfaction with democracy and education are significant predictors of support for democracy in Malawi. It also establishes that critical democrats fight to make democracy work, albeit for their economic survival. The article argues that the survival and quality of democracy in Malawi is compromised by elite critical citizens who show commitment to democracy as a matter of principle when they are instrumentalists.
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Insight on Africa
Insight on Africa AREA STUDIES-
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期刊介绍: nsight on Africa is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering contemporary African affairs and issues of policy relevance. It focuses on, though not confined to, foreign policies and developmental issues of African countries. The journal specially encourages article submission on issues related to emerging powers in Africa, BRICS in Africa and Afro-Asian relations. The journal is owned by African Studies Association of India (ASA India) located at Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and its publication is managed by Policy Research Institute of African Studies Association (PRIASA) based in New Delhi.
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