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dc.contributor.authorHelle, Svein-Erik
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-03T11:53:46Z
dc.date.available2016-08-03T11:53:46Z
dc.date.issued2016-02
dc.PublishedZeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 2016, 10:47-78eng
dc.identifier.issn1865-2654
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/12419
dc.description.abstractThe playing field is a concept often used to describe level of fairness in electoral competition. With Levitsky and Way’s definition of the playing field as a case in point, this paper takes a critical look at existing work on the playing field, arguing that current conceptualizations suffer from lacking conceptual logic, operationalization and measurement. A new and disaggregated framework that can serve as the basis for future research on the playing field is then proposed. This framework is applied to an illustrative case study on the development of the playing field in Zambia under MMD rule, thereby demonstrating that it is able to capture both the changing nature of the playing field and the differing mechanisms at play to a larger degree than the framework put forth by Levitsky and Way. The 2011 elections in Zambia also clearly highlight the importance of conceptually and empirically separating the slope of the playing field from its impact on both the opposition and electoral outcomes.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherSpringereng
dc.relation.ispartof<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/16426" target="blank"> Understanding the Uneven Playing Field. The Multifaceted Role of Unfair Electoral Competition in a Non-Democratic Regime</a>
dc.relation.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12286-015-0264-7
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0eng
dc.subjectThe playing fieldeng
dc.subjectElectoral competitioneng
dc.subjectRegime typologieseng
dc.subjectAfricaeng
dc.titleDefining the playing field: A framework for analysing fairness in access to resources, media and the laweng
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.date.updated2016-04-13T13:15:56Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Authorsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12286-015-0264-7
dc.identifier.cristin1346604


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