Violence and Votes in Nigeria: The Dominance of Incumbents in the Use of Violence to Rig Elections

Which party uses violence to influence election outcomes? There are two existing perspectives that have offered responses to this critical question. One is a more popular position indicating that the incumbent party, more than the opposition party, makes use of violence with the aim of rigging elect...

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Main Author: Hakeem Onapajo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/753