The EU Observer Mission to the Zambian elections 2001: The politics of election monitoring as the construction of narratives

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-317

  van Donge, Jan Kees ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 47249091816     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040802176608     Document Type: Article

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