Publications and Working Papers

Pamp, Oliver, Lukas Rudolph, Paul W Thurner, Andreas Mehltretter, and Simon Primus. 2018. ”The Build-up of Coercive Capacities: Arms Imports and the Outbreak of violent Intrastate Conflicts.” Journal of Peace Research 55: 430-44.

Primus, Simon, Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi. 2018. Dedicated Democrats against the Global Trend? Attitudes towards Democracy in Africa. International Reports (Ai) 2018 (4): 48-59.
Primus, Simon. 2016. Opposition in Ghana. Starke Strukturen - Aber reicht es für Die Macht?”. Afrika-Bulletin 162: 6-7.
Primus, Simon. 2015. Africa’s Political Culture(s): A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Political Attitudes and Values in Africa’s Democratisation. MPhil Thesis. University of Ghana.
Primus, Simon. 2015. Economic Voting in Ghana. An in-Depth Study of the Economic Factor in African Elections. Muenchener Beitraege zur Politikwissenschaft

Primus, Simon, and Gildfred Asiamah. 2019. Voting for Development. How the Supply of Developmental Goods drives Electoral Dynamics in Ghana. Paper presented at the 3rd Ghana Studies Triennial Conference, 10-13 July 2019, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Primus, Simon, Gildfred Asiamah, Mohammed Awal, and Edem Selormey. 2018. Not Ethnic but Partisan Voting. Identity and Electoral Accountability in Ghana’s 2016 Election. Paper presented at the 76th Annual MPSA Conference, April 5-8, 2018, Chicago, USA.
Primus, Simon. 2017. Government Performance and Retrospective Voting in Africa. A Comparative Perspective. Paper presented at the 75th Annual MPSA Conference, April 6-9, 2017, Chicago, USA.
Primus, Simon. 2015. The Power of Performance: The remarkable Effect of Performance Perceptions on Ghanaian Voting Intentions. Paper presented at the Afrobarometer Summer School 2015, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.

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