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Surveying West Africa's political instability - several states face controversial elections : West Africa - issue in focus

Conway Waddington

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Abstract

Elections could trigger social unrest or more severe instability in several West African states due to go to the polls in 2015. While a range of factors make these sets of elections potentially dangerous from a security and stability standpoint, they are also vitally needed to maintain democratic credibility.

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Elections could trigger social unrest or more severe instability in several West African states due to go to the polls in 2015. While a range of factors make these sets of elections potentially dangerous from a security and stability standpoint, they are also vitally needed to maintain democratic credibility.

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Elections could trigger social unrest or more severe instability in several West African states due to go to the polls in 2015. While a range of factors make these sets of elections potentially dangerous from a security and stability standpoint, they are also vitally needed to maintain democratic credibility.

Key concepts: Credibility, Unrest, Political instability, Social unrest, Politics, Democracy, Political stability, Face (sociological concept)

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