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Liberia’s run-up to 2017: continuity and change in a long history of electoral politics

2017; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 44; Issue: 152 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03056244.2017.1318361

1740-1720

Robtel Neajai Pailey, David A. Harris,

Peacebuilding and International Security

SUMMARYIf successfully orchestrated, the October 2017 elections in Liberia will mark the first time in recent memory when a democratically elected Liberian president – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – will hand over power to a similarly elected head of state. This is very likely to be a close election and our Briefing investigates changes and continuities in the candidates, political parties, electoral processes and the workings of the Liberian state at a watershed moment in a long and shifting democratic history.