Multiparty elections and land patronage: Zimbabwe and Côte d'Ivoire

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-202

  Boone, Catherine ^a   Kriger, Norma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Elections; Ethnicity; Land; Violence; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; ETHNICITY; LAND RIGHTS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; STATE ROLE;

COTE D'IVOIRE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77951027528     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662041003672502     Document Type: Article

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