Democratizing security or decentralizing repression? The ambiguities of community policing in Kenya

African Affairs

Volumn 102, Issue 409, 2003, Pages 587-604

  Ruteere, Mutuma ^a   Pommerolle, Marie Emmanuelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Centre d'etudes de l'Afrique Noir   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICE FORCE; REGULATORY APPROACH;

KENYA;

EID: 0242574599     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adg065     Document Type: Article

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