Språk och politik – En kvantitativ studie om språkkunskaps påverkan på politiskt deltagande i afrikanska länder
This essay studies the effect that proficiency of an official language has on political participation. It is a quantitative study focusing on 36 African countries. Our theory stipulates that a lack of proficiency acts as a cost in a rational choice-model of political participation. The hypothesis is that the quota of official language-speakers in a country positively affects the country's leve