Zambia Starts Over

Issue Date April 1992
Volume 3
Issue 2
Page Numbers 81-94
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About the Author

Michael Bratton is University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and African Studies at Michigan State University. He is a founder of the Afrobarometer and the author of Public Opinion, Democracy, and Markets in Africa (2005).

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