As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe

This text seeks to describe and analyze the historical development and contingencies of the democratic system in São Tomé and Príncipe. In particular, it intends to highlight the political significance of the October 7, 2018 elections, which proved to be a hallmark of democracy in the archipelago. T...

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Main Author: Augusto Nascimento
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2019-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4389
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description This text seeks to describe and analyze the historical development and contingencies of the democratic system in São Tomé and Príncipe. In particular, it intends to highlight the political significance of the October 7, 2018 elections, which proved to be a hallmark of democracy in the archipelago. This text aims to identify points of reflection on the survival of democracy in a micro-island context in Africa. Rather than equating the viability of representative democracy in the light of a presumed African idiosyncrasy, it assesses the superiority of democracy in the face of São Tomé’s choices, often less based on political principles, than, for example, on the adherence to big men or salvific projects, as one of the data of the prevailing political culture in the islands.
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As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
São Tomé and Príncipe
democracy
elections
authoritarianism
title As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe
title_full As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe
title_fullStr As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe
title_full_unstemmed As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe
title_short As Eleições Legislativas de 2018. Acerca da Sobrevivência da Democracia em São Tomé e Príncipe
title_sort as eleicoes legislativas de 2018 acerca da sobrevivencia da democracia em sao tome e principe
topic São Tomé and Príncipe
democracy
elections
authoritarianism
url https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4389
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