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Special collection: Understanding Uganda's 2011 elections

The limits – and limiters – of external influence: donors, the Ugandan Electoral Commission and the 2011 elections

Jonathan Fisher International Development Department, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]

Pages 471-491 | Received 23 May 2012, Accepted 10 May 2013, Published online: 01 Jul 2013

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