Paying the price for patronage: Electoral violence in Sri Lanka

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-307

  Höglund, Kristine ^a   Piyarathne, Anton ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Open University in Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 68249160694     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040903090807     Document Type: Article

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