Hijacking civil society: The inside story of the Bakassi Boys vigilante group of south-eastern Nigeria

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-115

  Meagher, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATE ROLE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VIOLENCE;

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

EID: 33847637076     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X06002291     Document Type: Article

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