Politics of residency, friends and neighbors effect, and voting patterns in Kwanza constituency, Kenya, 1988-2000

African Geographical Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-61

  Simiyu, Romborab ^a,b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contextual influences; Friends and neighbors effect; Home area support; Kenya; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954071576     PISSN: 19376812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2010.9756225     Document Type: Review

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