State collapse and fresh starts: Some critical reflections

Development and Change

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 797-815

  Doornbos, Martin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE ROLE;

EID: 0036880021     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.t01-1-00249     Document Type: Article

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