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Democracy and its discontents: understanding Kenya's 2013 elections

Nic CheesemanAfrican Studies Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gabrielle LynchDepartment of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Justin WillisDepartment of History, University of Durham, Durham, UK
Pages 2-24 | Received 12 Jul 2013, Accepted 29 Nov 2013, Published online: 28 Jan 2014

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