'For fear of being condemned as old fashioned': Liberal democracy vs. popular democracy in sub-Saharan Africa

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn , Issue 73, 1997, Pages 339-353

  Saul, John S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATISATION; LIBERAL DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0031447701     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056249708704267     Document Type: Article

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