Author: Joel D. Barkan | Journal of Democracy

Articles by Joel D. Barkan:

April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2

African Ambiguities: Kenya Tries Again

July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3

Kenya: Lessons From a Flawed Election

Joel D. Barkan

October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4

PR and Southern Africa: Elections in Agrarian Societies

Joel D. Barkan

July 2013, Volume 24, Issue 3

Kenya’s 2013 Elections: Technology Is Not Democracy

Joel D. Barkan

In an effort to avoid repeating the 2007 electoral debacle, Kenya’s election commission turned to technology, but its high-tech voter-registration and vote-count processes fell short. Its experience has important lessons both for emerging democracies and for international donors.

April 1999, Volume 10, Issue 2

Regime Change in Africa

Joel D. Barkan

Review of Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspective, by Michael Bratton and Nicolas Van de Walle

April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2

Progress and Retreat in Africa: Legislatures on the Rise?

Joel D. Barkan

The legislature is emerging as a "player" in some African countries, though not in others. What is the relationship between legislative development and democratic consolidation in Africa?

January 2012, Volume 23, Issue 1

Democracy Assistance: What Recipients Think

Joel D. Barkan

A groundbreaking new survey shows that democracy assistance is highly valued by its recipients but that there remains room for improvement.

Books:

Electoral Systems and Democracy

This book compares the experiences of diverse countries, from Latin America to southern Africa, from Uruguay, Japan, and Taiwan to Israel, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Democratization in Africa: Progress and Retreat

At a time when democracy seems to be in retreat in many parts of the world, Africa presents a more mixed picture. Democratization in Africa: Progress and Retreat brings into focus the complex landscape of African politics by pairing broad analytical surveys with country-specific case studies.