The Politics of Ethnicity in Malawi's Democratic Transition

The Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 595-620

  Kaspin, Deborah ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNICITY; GEOPOLITICAL STUDIES; IMAGINED COMMUNITY; PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS; REGIONALISM; TRIBALISM;

MALAWI;

EID: 0029477694     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X00021455     Document Type: Article

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