Staffan I. Lindberg

B O O K
Lindberg, Staffan I. 2006a. Democracy and Elections in Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (Reviewed in Foreign Affairs, Perspectives on Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Political Studies Review, Comparative Political Studies, African Affairs, Choice, Journal of the International Africa Institute, Taiwan Journal of Democracy)

P E E R R E V I EW J OU R N A L A R T I C L E S

Lindberg, Staffan I. and Minion K. C. Morrison. n.d. 2008. “Are African Voters Really Ethnic or Clientelistic?: Survey Evidence from Ghana.” Political Science Quarterly 123.

Lindberg, Staffan I. and John F. Clark. 2008. “Does Democratization Reduce the Risk of Military Interventions in Politics in Africa?” Democratization 15(1): 1-20.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2007a. “Institutionalization of Party Systems? Stability and Fluidity Among Legislative Parties in Africa’s Democracies.” Government and Opposition 42(2): 215-241.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2006c. “The Surprising Significance of African Elections.” Journal of Democracy17(1): 139-151.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2006d. “Better Turn the Other Cheek: The Effects of Opposition Behavior on Democratization.” Journal of Contemporary African Politics 24(1): 123-138.

Lindberg, Staffan I. and Minion K. C. Morrison. 2005a. “Exploring Voter Alignments in Africa:
Core and Swing Voters in Ghana.” Journal of Modern African Studies 43(4): 1-22.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2005b. “Consequences of Electoral Systems in Africa: A Preliminary Inquiry.”Electoral Studies 24(1): 41-64. (*The most downloaded article in Electoral Studies, first quarter2006, according to Science Direct).

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2004b. “Democratization and Women’s Empowerment: The Effects of
Electoral Systems, Participation and Repetition in Africa.” Studies in Comparative International Development Vol. 39(1): 28-53.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2004a. “The Democratic Qualities of Multiparty Elections: Participation,
Competition and Legitimacy in Africa.” Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 42(1):
61-105.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2003. “It’s Our Time to ‘Chop’: Do Elections in Africa Feed
Neopatrimonialism rather than Counter-Act It?” Democratization 14(2): 121-140.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2002b. “Demokratiska val i Afrika.” Internationella Studier No. 4 (Winter). (“Democratic Elections in Africa” International Studies)

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2001. ”Forms of State, Governance and Regime: Reconceptualising the
Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in sub-Saharan Africa.” International Political Science
Review 22(2): 173-199.

C H A P T E R S I N P E E R R E V I EWE D B O O K S

Lindberg, Staffan I. and Jonathan Jones. n.d. 2008. “Laying a Foundation for Democracy on
Undermining It?”, Chapter 11 in Bogaards, Matthijs and Françoise Boucek (eds.) Dominant
Parties and Democracy. London: Routledge.

Lindberg, Staffan I. n.d. 2008. “The Rise and Fall of the Legislature in Ghana.” Chapter 4 in Barkan, Joel (ed.) Legislatures in Emerging Democracies.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2006b. “Why Do Opposition Boycott Elections?” Chapter 9 in Andreas
Schedler (ed.) Electoral Authoritarianism. Boulder C.O.: Lynne Rienner.

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2002a. “Problems of Measuring Democracy: Illustrations from Africa.”
Chapter 7 in Göran Hydén and Ole Elgström (eds.) Development and Democracy: What have we learntand how?, London: Routledge.

C H A P T E R I N E D I T E D T E X T B O O K

Lindberg, Staffan I. 1998.”Demokratisering under internationellt tryck: Afrikanska transitioner iett nytt ljus” (”Conditional Democratisation: a new perspective on African transitions),

Chapter 12 in Hydén, Göran (ed.) Demokratisering i Tredje Världen (”Democratisation in the
Third World”), Lund: Studentlitteratur.

P R O F E S S I ON A L R E S E A R C H R E P O R T

Lindberg, Staffan I. 1998/1999. ”The Government, The Riksdag, State Agencies and NGOs on
new grounds: Who issues Swedish Foreign Policy in UN Matters?”, Report on the project

Evaluation of UN World Conferences 1990-1996 from a Swedish perspective, Council of Foreign Affairs, Parliament of Sweden. Stockholm: Riksdagens Utredningsserie: RDU4.

J OU R N A L R E V I EWS

Lindberg, Staffan I. 1999a. ”Changing the Rules: The Politics of Liberalization and the Urban
Informal Economy in Tanzania.” Review Article. African Studies Review 42(1).

Lindberg, Staffan I. 1999b. ”Democratic Experiments in Africa.” Review Article. Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, (National Swedish Political Science Association’s Official Journal) Spring.

E N C Y C L O P E D I A C O N T R I B U T I O N

Lindberg, Staffan I. 2007c.”Government: Parliamentary.” In New Encyclopedia of Africa. 2nd Edition. Farmington Hills: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

WO R K I N P R O G R E S S

Lindberg, Staffan I. and Devra Moehler. “Electoral Institutions and Political Shepherds: Effects on Citizens Attitudes to Democracy in Africa.” Submitted to peer review journal.

Lindberg, Staffan I. n.d. 2008 “Votes, Money, and Violence” Review of book by (eds.) Basedau,
Matthias, Gero Erdmann, and Andreas Mehler. 2007. Nordic Africa Institute Press. Review
in African Affairs.

Lindberg, Staffan I. “Dominant Party Systems in Africa: Effects on Democratic Quality and Good
Governance”.

Lindberg, Staffan I. “The Power of Elections Revisited”.

Lindberg, Staffan I. “Voter’s, Elites and Political Clientelism in a New Democracy: Ghana during Democratization.”