Tribal Hands and Ethnic Votes: Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran

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Tribal Hands and Ethnic Votes : Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran. / Elling, Rasmus Christian.

In: Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 38, No. 14, 2015, p. 2534-2550.

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Elling, RC 2015, 'Tribal Hands and Ethnic Votes: Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran', Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 38, no. 14, pp. 2534-2550. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2015.1061135

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Elling, R. C. (2015). Tribal Hands and Ethnic Votes: Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(14), 2534-2550. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2015.1061135

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Elling RC. Tribal Hands and Ethnic Votes: Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 2015;38(14):2534-2550. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2015.1061135

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Elling, Rasmus Christian. / Tribal Hands and Ethnic Votes : Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran. In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 2015 ; Vol. 38, No. 14. pp. 2534-2550.

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