Negotiating power: Elections and the constitution of indigenous Taiwan

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 726-740

  Simon, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Taiwan; Democracy; Elections ; Indigenous peoples; Political anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349252665     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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