Filling in the blanks: The potency of fragmented imageries of the state

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 114, 2007, Pages 695-708

  Nielsen, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIENTELISM; POLITICAL RELATIONS; STATE ROLE;

AFRICA; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37849003194     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240701819582     Document Type: Article

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