South Africa: Explaining democratic stability

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-240

  Lane, Jan Erik ^a   Ersson, Svante ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34249983440     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040701317592     Document Type: Article

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