The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics
3-Volume Set
Editor in Chief: Nic Cheeseman
Author Information
Nic Cheeseman is Professor of Democracy and International Development at the University of Birmingham and was formerly the Director of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. He mainly works on democracy, elections, and development and has conducted fieldwork in numerous African countries, including Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The articles that he has published based on this research have won a number of prizes, including the GIGA award for the best article in comparative area studies (2013) and the Frank Cass Award for the best article in democratization (2015). Professor Cheeseman is also the author or editor of ten books, including Democracy in Africa (2015), Institutions and Democracy in Africa (2017), How to Rig an Election (2018), and Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective (2018). In addition, he is a former editor of the journal African Affairs and an advisor to and writer for Kofi Annan's African Progress Panel. In recognition of this academic and public contribution, the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom awarded him the prestigious Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional achievement by a midcareer scholar in 2019. A frequent commentator on African and global events, Professor Cheeseman's analysis has appeared in the Economist, Le Monde, the Financial Times, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the BBC, and the Daily Nation, and he writes a regular column for the Mail & Guardian. In total, his articles have been read over a million times. Many of his interviews and insights can be found on the website that he founded and co-edits, www.democracyinafrica.org.
Contributors:
Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin, Carleton University
Aderanti Adepoju, Network of Migration Research on Africa
Abimbola O. Adesoji, Obafemi Awolowo University
Chukwuemeka Agbo, University of Texas, Austin
Nana Akua Anyidoho, University of Ghana
Corinna Arndt, Independent scholar
Richard Asante, University of Ghana
David Attwell, University of York
Matthias Basedau, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Nick Bernards, University of Warwick
Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame
George M. Bob-Milliar, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Catherine Boone, London School of Economics and Political Science
Michael Bratton, Michigan State University
Dominic Burbidge, University of Oxford
Bram Büscher, University of Johannesburg
Pádraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin
Kate M. Carter, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Brenda Chalfin, University of Florida
Stephen Chan, SOAS University of London
Christopher Clapham, University of Cambridge
Phil Clark, SOAS University of London
Paul Collier, Blavatnik School of Government
Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University
S. J. Cooper-Knock, University of Edinburgh
Tarik Dahou, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Dominique Darbon, Sciences Po
Stephanie Diepeveen, University of Cambridge
Susan Dodsworth, University of Birmingham
Sara Rich Dorman, University of Edinburgh
Jatin Dua, University of Michigan
Maggie Dwyer, University of Edinburgh
Sebastian Elischer, University of Florida
Jørgen Elklit, Aarhus University
Pierre Englebert, Pomona College
Harri Englund, University of Cambridge
Toyin Falola, University of Texas, Austin
Jonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham
Charles Manga Fombad, University of Pretoria
Iginio Gagliardone, University of the Witswatersrand
Mamoudou Gazibo, University of Montreal
Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam
Ellie Gore, University of Sheffield
Hazel Gray, University of Edinburgh
Liz Gunner, School of Oriental and African Studies
Christine Hackenesch, German Development Institute
Robin Harding, University of Oxford
Christof Hartmann, University of Duisburg, Essen
Anne Heffernan, Durham University
Charlotte Heyl, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Ellen Hillbom, Lund University
Lauren Honig, Boston College
Goran Hyden, University of Florida
Paul Jackson, University of Birmingham
Morten Jerven, University of Edinburgh
Patience Kabamba, Utah Valley University
Russell H. Kaschula, Rhodes University
Asnake Kefale, Addis Ababa University
Brian Klaas, University College London
Jacqueline M. Klopp, Columbia University
Dominika Koter, Colgate University
Michael M. Kretzer, Rhodes University
Liisa Laakso, Nordic Africa Institute
Adrienne LeBas, American University
Peter M. Lewis, Johns Hopkins University
Staffan Lindberg, University of Gothenburg
Tom Lodge, University of Limerick
Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick
Terrence Lyons, George Mason University
Bronwen Manby, London School of Economics and Political Science
John F. McCauley, University of Maryland
Andreas Mehler, Arnold Bergstraesser Institut
Kidane Mengisteab, Pennsylvania State University
Richard E. Mshomba, La Salle University
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, University of South Africa
Muna Ndulo, Cornell University
Paul Nugent, University of Edinburgh
Francis B. Nyamnjoh, University of Cape Town
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Université Catholique de Louvain
Cyril Obi, Social Science Research Council
Jimmy Ochieng, United States International University
George Kwaku Ofosu, Washington University in St. Louis
Ken Opalo, Georgetown University
Walter O. Oyugi, University of Nairobi
Dan Paget, University College London
Robtel Neajai Pailey, University of Oxford
Jeffrey W. Paller, University of San Francisco
Didier Péclard, University of Geneva
Peter Penar, Michigan State University
Pauline Peters, Harvard University
Steven Pierce, University of Manchester
M. Anne Pitcher, University of Michigan
Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle, French Institute for Research in Africa
Amy R. Poteete, Concordia University
Wilson Prichard, University of Toronto
Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State
Lise Rakner, University of Bergen
Maano Ramutsindela, University of Cape Town
Tuesday Reitano, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Danielle Resnick, International Food Policy Research Institute
Amanda Lea Robinson, Ohio State University
Joshua B. Rubongoya, Roanoke College
Jeremy Sarkin, University of South Africa
Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town
Mark Shaw, University of Cape Town
Timothy M. Shaw, University of Massachusetts, Boston
David H. Shinn, George Washington University
Michelle Sikes, Pennsylvania State University
Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
Sharath Srinivasan, University of Cambridge
Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Patrycja Stys, London School of Economics and Political Science
Rebecca Tapscott, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Ian Taylor, University of St. Andrews
Thomas Kwasi Tieku, Kings University College
Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Oda van Cranenburgh, Leiden University
Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University
Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, University of Ghana
Carolien van Ham, University of New South Wales
Alan Whiteside, Wilfrid Laurier University
Lindsay Whitfield, Roskilde University
