The travails of democratization in Cameroon in the context of political liberalisation since the 1990s

African and Asian Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-60

  Fonchingong, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEMOCRATIZATION; LIBERALIZATION; PARTY POLITICS;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 16544387786     PISSN: 15692094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156920904773486504     Document Type: Article

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