Explaining ethnic bloc voting in Africa

Democratization

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-788

  Ishiyama, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Afrobarometer; Bloc voting; Ethnic voting; Partisanship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863913062     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2011.623354     Document Type: Article

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