African Legislators: Unrepresentative Power Elites?

African legislators both resemble and differ from the societies they claim to represent in important ways. Based on a unique survey of representative samples of parliamentarians in 17 countries, we find that legislatures are representative of national publics in terms of ethnicity and religion. At t...

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Published in:	Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 619 - 642
Main Authors:	Mattes, Robert, Krönke, Matthias, Mozaffar, Shaheen
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2024
Subjects:	Legislators Legislative bodies Public opinion Africans Constituents (Persons)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost