The political foundations of development: The case of Botswana

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-115

  Beaulier, Scott A ^a   Subrick, J Robert ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; Governance; Military spending; Political institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745045981     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10602-006-0002-x     Document Type: Article

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