Party systems and democratic consolidation in Africa's electoral regimes

Party Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-446

  Kuenzi, Michelle ^a   Lambright, Gina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Democracy; Elections; Party system institutionalization; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644473814     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068805053211     Document Type: Article

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