The politics of state formation: Contradictions and conditions of possibility

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-410

  Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl ^a  

^a Norewegian Institute of International Affairs   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POWER RELATIONS; STATE BUILDING;

EID: 25844518053     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810500209163     Document Type: Article

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