Kenya: Lessons From a Flawed Election

Issue Date July 1993
Volume 4
Issue 3
Page Numbers 85-99
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About the Author

Joel D. Barkan is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Iowa and nonresident senior associate with the Africa program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is the author of the 2011 CSIS report “Kenya: Assessing Risks to Stability.”

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