Ethnicity and party preference in sub-Saharan Africa

Democratization

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 462-489

  Basedau, Matthias ^a   Erdmann, Gero ^a   Lay, Jann ^a   Stroh, Alexander ^a  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethnicity; Party preference; Political parties; Survey polls

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953287114     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2011.553366     Document Type: Article

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