Ethnicity and the politics of land tenure reform in central Uganda

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-388

  Green, Elliott D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic bias; Ethnic identity; Land tenure reform; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; POLITICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33845476069     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040600997148     Document Type: Article

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