Cross-cutting cleavages and ethnic voting: An experimental study of cousinage in mali

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-39

  Dunning, Thad ^a   Harrison, Lauren ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952424140     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990311     Document Type: Article

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