Election systems and political parties in post-conflict and fragile states

Governance in Post-Conflict Societies: Rebuilding Fragile States

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 64-84

  Bjornlund, Eric ^a   Cowan, Glenn ^a,b   Gallery, William ^a  

^a Democracy International ^*  (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84917063532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203965122     Document Type: Chapter

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