The 2002 legislative election in Cameroon: A retrospective on Cameroon's stalled democracy movement

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-435

  Takougang, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTION; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL CHANGE;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0141905888     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X03004300     Document Type: Article

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