The European Union’s external action for the promotion of democracy and free and fair elections: the case of Sub-Saharan Africa in the digital age

Nocera, Nicoletta (A.A. 2024/2025) The European Union’s external action for the promotion of democracy and free and fair elections: the case of Sub-Saharan Africa in the digital age. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative public law, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Cristina Fasone, pp. 123. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Eurafrican relations and the global crisis of democracy in the digital age. Theoretical framework: normative power Europe and its critiques. External action of the European Union: strategies and instruments to promote democracy and electoral integrity. The EU’S external action: evolution, principles and instruments. Strategic framework and tools for advancing democracy and electoral monitoring outside the EU. Evolving governance in EU-Africa relations. Democracy and elections: between international, regional, and constitutional instruments. Democracy, constitutionalism and electoral integrity: a theoretical reflection. Electoral standards between international and regional frameworks: legal and jurisprudential approaches. Constitutionalism in Africa: between pluralism and fragility, in search of a viable democracy. The right to fair elections in the digital age: national perspectives and European involvement in Kenya and Nigeria. Digitalization and electoral technologies: opportunities and challenges. Kenya’s presidential elections (2013–2022): technology, disinformation, contested outcomes and evolving normative frameworks in the light of EU EOM reports. The Nigerian case (2015–2023): presidential elections, electoral technology and normative gaps through the lens of EU EOM observations. Commitment to democracy and digitalization in the EU-Kenya/Nigeria partnership. A look ahead: the emerging democracy-AI Nexus.

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Bibliografia e sitografia: pp. 101-115.

Thesis Type: Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair: Comparative public law
Thesis Supervisor: Fasone, Cristina
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Christiansen, Thomas
Academic Year: 2024/2025
Session: Autumn
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 17 Feb 2026 10:24
Last Modified: 17 Feb 2026 10:24
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/44856

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