Looking like a state: Colonialism and the discourse of corruption in Northern Nigeria

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 887-914

  Pierce, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CORRUPTION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33749072867     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417506000338     Document Type: Article

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