When do votes count?: Regime type, electoral conduct, and political competition in Africa

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1466-1491

  Mylonas, Harris ^a   Roussias, Nasos ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Elections; Electoral conduct; Ethnic heterogeneity; Party systems; Regime type

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149144729     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414007305815     Document Type: Article

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