Cameroon's stalled transition to democratic governance: Lessons for Africa's new democrats

African and Asian Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 125-164

  Mbaku, John Mukum ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0042785771     PISSN: 15692094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15692090260233994     Document Type: Article

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