Support for Democracy in Malawi: Does Schooling Matter?

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 904-919

  Evans, Geoffrey ^a   Rose, Pauline ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

democratic attitudes; education; Malawi; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247175747     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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