Ebook: Violence in African elections: between democracy and big man politics

Introduction: the everyday politics of electoral violence in Africa / Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs -- Ethnic politics and elite competition: the roots of electoral violence in Kenya / Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund -- Wielding the stick again: the rise and fall and rise of state violence during presidential elections in Uganda / Anders Sjörgren -- Land conflict and electoral violence in Côte d'Ivoire: a micro-level analysis / Matthew I. Mitchell -- The geography of violence in Burundi's 2015 elections / Willy Dindorera and Jesper Bjarnsesen -- Competition, uncertainty and violence in Sierra Leone's swing district / Ibrahim Bangura and Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs -- Ex-militants and electoral violence in Nigeria's Niger Delta / Tarila Marclint Ebiede -- The winner takes it all: post-war rebel networks, Big Man politics, and the threat of violence in the 2011 Liberian elections / Mariam Bjarnesen -- Parsitic politics: violence, deception and change in Kenya's electoral politics / Jacob Rasmussen -- Eclectic ties and election touts: Chipangano's cyclic governance agenda in Mbare, Zimbabwe / Tariro Mutongwizo -- Patronage politics and electoral violence in Lagos, Nigeria: understanding the micro-level dynamics / Daniel E. Agbiboa -- 'Once they all pick their guns you can have your way': campaigning and talking about violence in northern Ghana / Afra Schmitz -- Conclusion: beyond democracy and Big Man politics / Jesper Bjarnesen and Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs.