Addressing ethnicity in sub-saharan Africa: Institutions and agency

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-69

  Johnson, Omotunde E G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society leadership; Constitutional reform; Political stability in pluralist societies; Reducing ethnicity; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244403610     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10602-005-5852-0     Document Type: Article

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