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Elections and Politics in Single-party Systems: the Case of Kenya and Tanzania

Göran Hydén, Colin Leys

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This paper sets out to consider two related questions: the significance of elections in single-party systems in underdeveloped countries, and the kind of study which political scientists have made of such elections.1

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This paper sets out to consider two related questions: the significance of elections in single-party systems in underdeveloped countries, and the kind of study which political scientists have made of such elections.1

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This paper sets out to consider two related questions: the significance of elections in single-party systems in underdeveloped countries, and the kind of study which political scientists have made of such elections.1

Key concepts: Tanzania, Politics, Political science, Political economy, Development economics, Public administration, Economics, Socioeconomics

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