Race, class and underlying trends in party support in South Africa

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-75

  García Rivero, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b Hospital del Rey s/n ^*

Author keywords

Democratization; Party support; Party system; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044455237     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806059344     Document Type: Article

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