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dc.contributor.authorKakuba, Sultan Juma
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-05T09:31:50Z
dc.date.available2017-09-05T09:31:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationJuma, K. S. (2015). Elections and Legitimacy in Authoritarian Regimes: A Comparative study of Egypt and Sudan.International Journal of Politics and Good Governance 6(6)en_US
dc.identifier.issn0976 – 1195
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12309/479
dc.description.abstractHolding periodic democratic elections is one of the principal ingredients of liberal democracy. This practice has also been adopted by authoritarian regimes not for purposes of promoting democracy but to gather legitimacy support to stay in power as well as seeking acceptance in the eyes of both domestic and international communities. Based on dataset of elections in Muslim dominated countries, particularly Egypt and Sudan, respectively, the paper suggests that elections are a sufficient mechanism to mobilise support to keep authoritarian regimes in power. These Muslim countries have had periodic elections but little has been extended to other fundamental tenets of democracy such as freedom of speech, respect of human rights and freedom of press among others. Instead, leaders have used these elections as a license to market their position to hold onto power rather than allowing it to be a competitive game to cause change as people may wish. This study attempts a comparison between authoritarian elections in Sudan (1989-2011) and Egypt (1981-2011). The arguments and analysis given in this paper are based on presidential election dataset country profile of these two Muslim countries obtained from African elections database.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Politics and Good Governanceen_US
dc.subjectElectionsen_US
dc.subjectElections and Legitimacyen_US
dc.subjectAuthoritarian Regimesen_US
dc.subjectEgypten_US
dc.subjectSudanen_US
dc.titleElections and Legitimacy in Authoritarian Regimesen_US
dc.title.alternativeA Comparative study of Egypt and Sudanen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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