Measuring democracy through election outcomes: A critique with African data

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1211-1237

  Bogaards, Matthijs ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Competition; Democracy; Elections; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 35449005875     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006288968     Document Type: Article

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