Dying to win: Elections, political violence, and institutional decay in Kenya

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-117

  Mueller, Susanne D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elections; ethnic politics; Kenya; political violence

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; ELECTION; ETHNOPOLITICS; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

KENYA;

EID: 79251640202     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2011.537056     Document Type: Article

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