Original survey data from Zambia's 2021 elections examines the role of local leaders in political mobilization. The dataset, authored by Prisca Jöst and associated with Perspectives on Politics, introduces the concept of Encompassing Authority to explain mobilization effectiveness. It focuses on three types of local mobilizers: religious leaders, chiefs, and local councillors.
Use Cases
- Modeling political mobilization based on perceived leader influence across life domains.
- Analyzing the relationship between leader characteristics and campaign participation.
- Testing mechanisms like legitimacy, fear of sanctions, and coordination confidence on voter behavior.
Strengths
- Data is tied to a specific electoral event, Zambia's 2021 elections.
- Conceptually novel, introducing and testing the 'Encompassing Authority' framework.
- Distinguishes between three specific local mobilizer types: religious leaders, chiefs, and local councillors.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Geographic scope is limited to Zambia, which may affect generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- Prisca Jöst, Perspectives on Politics
- Collection Method
- Original survey data collection
- Time Range
- 2021
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-18 02:37:04; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Zambia