Party research: Western European bias and the 'African Labyrinth'

Democratization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 63-87

  Erdmann, Gero ^a,b  

^a Institute of African Affairs   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Informal politics; Party functions; Party typology; Political party research

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DEMOCRATIZATION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN WORLD;

AFRICA;

EID: 3042587424     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1351034042000238176     Document Type: Article

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