Overview:

Linke, Zambia voting in 2009 (2019)

This paper​ combines a unique set of panel data on legislative constituency elections for 8 African countries for the 1900s, 2000s, and 2010s (which we compiled in 2012-2016) with the nighttime light density data and other spatial political economy data collected under our pilot ASPE study in the first half of 2017.

In this first-of-its-kind study, we combine the political and economic data to reveal stark contrasts in the local and regional socio-economic bases of the rival partisan coalitions that dominate politics at the national level in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi.

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Catherine Boone and Rebecca Simson. "Regional Inequalities in African Political Economy: Theory, Conceptualization and Measurement, and Political Effects," LSE Dept. of International Development Working Paper, March 2019.

Publications:

Journal Articles:
Boone, Catherine and Michael Wahman. 2015. “Rural Bias in African Electoral Systems- Legacies of Unequal Representation in African Democracies.” Electoral Studies, 40: 335-346. [link]​​

Wahman, Michael. 2017. “Nationalized Incumbents and Regional Challengers – Opposition and Incumbent Party Nationalization in Africa.” Party Politics, 23/3: 309-322. [link]​

Wahman, Michael and Catherine Boone. 2018. “Captured Countryside? Stability and Change in Sub-National Support for African Incumbent Parties.” Comparative Politics, 50/2: 189-208. [link]

Wahman, Michael and Edward Goldring. 2020. “Pre-Electoral Violence and Territorial Control: Political Dominance and Subnational Election Violence in Africa.” Journal of Peace Research 57/1: 93-110. [link]​

von Borzyskowski, Inken and Michael Wahman. “Systematic Measurement Error in Election Violence Data: Causes and Consequences.” British Journal of Political Science. Pages: TBA. (Online Early View) [link]

​Working Paper:
Catherine Boone and Rebecca Simson. "Regional Inequalities in African Political Economy: Theory, Conceptualization and Measurement, and Political Effects," LSE Dept. of International Development Working Paper, March 2019. [link]

Book Chapter:
Wahman, Michael and Layla Brooks. "A Statistical Analysis of the 2019 Malawi Presidential and Parliamentary Vote: Persistence, Change, and Electoral Geography." Prepared for Kanyongolo, Edge and Nandini Patel (Eds.) The 2019 Malawi Election. Pretoria: University of Pretoria Press. (2020).

Figure by R. Simson
Catherine Boone and Rebecca Simson. "Regional Inequalities in African Political Economy: Theory, Conceptualization and Measurement, and Political Effects," LSE Dept. of International Development Working Paper, March 2019.