Democratic Local Government and Responsiveness: Lessons from Zimbabwe and Tanzania

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-143

  Schou, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034042658     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156851800511702     Document Type: Article

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