Division 53: African Politics

(Paper - Virtual) Democracy under Threat: The Reemergence of Coups in Africa - James Jacob, University of Abuja

(Paper - Virtual) Loss Aversion as a Democratic Safeguard in the Coup Belt: Evidence from Ghana - Baffour Agyeman Prempeh Boakye, University of Delaware

(Paper - Virtual) Populism and Violence in Africa: Capitalizing on Democratic Erosion in Senegal - Tonya Kenny Dodez, Mississippi State University

(Paper - Virtual) Uganda’s 2026 Elections and the Politics of Presidential Succession - Luke Melchiorre, Marist University; Moses Khisa, North Carolina State University

(Paper - Virtual) The Role of Institutional Design in Tanzania Curtailing Democracy - Adam Hii, Georgia State University

Amanda B. Edgell University of Kentucky

Ada Johnson-Kanu University of Kentucky

Brigitte Seim University of Minnesota