State centralization and the decline of local government in Malawi

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 579-595

  Kaunda, Jonathan Mayuyuka ^a,b  

^a Political and Administrative Studies   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

MALAWI;

EID: 0033390095     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852399654004     Document Type: Review

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