Ties that bind? The rise and decline of ethno-regional partisanship in Malawi, 1994-2009

Democratization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 534-563

  Ferree, Karen ^a   Horowitz, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Democracy; Elections; Ethnicity; Malawi

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952350864     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510341003700394     Document Type: Article

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