Business success, Angola-style: Postcolonial politics and the rise and rise of Sonangol

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-619

  De Oliveira, Ricardo Soares ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ELITE POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36348990094     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X07002893     Document Type: Article

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