Conservatism and Traditional Culture: Explaining the Rural-Urban Political Divide in African Politics

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Brief Overview

This paper helps explain the persistent rural-urban political divide in many African countries. It demonstrates the importance of ideological factors rooted in traditional conservatism in predicting party support using data from two original surveys.

Author

• Paul A Friesen, University of Notre Dame