Explaining the unexpected: Electoral reform and democractic governance in Burkina Faso

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-419

  Santiso, Carlos ^a,b   Loada, Augustin ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Democratic Governance   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL REFORM;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0141940256     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X03004294     Document Type: Article

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