Between God and nation : The colonial origins of democracy support in British Africa

Popular support is important to the emergence and survival of democracy. In this paper, we study how church-state relations in former British Africa shaped long-run support for democracy. We argue that shared national identity was the basis for incentive alignment, facilitating cooperation over educ...

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Main Authors: BECKER, Bastian, DULAY, Dean C.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4120
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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