'Poll poison'?: Politicians and polling in the 2007 Kenya election

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-304

  Wolf, Thomas P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Media credibility; Political choice; Political culture; Poll results; Pollsters; Public opinion in Africa; Steadman SPEC Barometer

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350339315     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589000903137714     Document Type: Article

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