Election day: The construction of democracy through technique

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-580

  Kimberley, A Coles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosnia Herzegovina; Democracy; Elections; Epistemology; Technical actants

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144279299     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2004.19.4.551     Document Type: Article

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