Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system restructuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1112-1137

  Rakner, Lise ^a   Svåsand, Lars ^a   Khembo, Nixon S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Elections; Malawi; Party system; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547521548     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006290782     Document Type: Article

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