Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMattes, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMozaffar, Shaheen
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-07T07:55:36Z
dc.date.available2017-09-07T07:55:36Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.description.abstractAfrobarometer data collected three decades after Joel Barkan’s pioneering survey of rural Kenyans confirm his insights that voters stress MPs’ linkage roles in terms of representation (carrying views upward to the capital) and constituency service (bringing goods downward from national government) over their institutional roles (lawmaking and oversight). And, contrary to conventional wisdom, they prefer collective goods for the constituency over private goods. An African Legislatures Project survey of 822 MPs in seventeen countries revealed, however, that MPs misinterpret this as a demand for material goods and development and underappreciate the demand for representation, prompting—among other things—the adoption of controversial Constituency Development Funds.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMattes, R., & Mozaffar, S. (2016). Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa. <i>African Studies Review</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25129en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMattes, Robert, and Shaheen Mozaffar "Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa." <i>African Studies Review</i> (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25129en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMattes, R. & Mozzafar, S. (2016). Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa. African Studies Review, 59(3): 201-215.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0002-0206en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Mattes, Robert AU - Mozaffar, Shaheen AB - Afrobarometer data collected three decades after Joel Barkan’s pioneering survey of rural Kenyans confirm his insights that voters stress MPs’ linkage roles in terms of representation (carrying views upward to the capital) and constituency service (bringing goods downward from national government) over their institutional roles (lawmaking and oversight). And, contrary to conventional wisdom, they prefer collective goods for the constituency over private goods. An African Legislatures Project survey of 822 MPs in seventeen countries revealed, however, that MPs misinterpret this as a demand for material goods and development and underappreciate the demand for representation, prompting—among other things—the adoption of controversial Constituency Development Funds. DA - 2016-12 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - African Studies Review LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 SM - 0002-0206 T1 - Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa TI - Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25129 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/25129
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMattes R, Mozaffar S. Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa. African Studies Review. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25129.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceAfrican Studies Reviewen_ZA
dc.source.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/african-studies-review
dc.titleLegislatures and Democratic Development in Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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