Voter turnout in Africa's multiparty regimes

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 665-690

  Kuenzi, Michelle ^a   Lambright, Gina M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Democracy; Elections; Political institutions; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247880245     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006288969     Document Type: Review

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