The multiple sites of urban governance: Insights from an African City

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1879-1901

  Lindell, Ilda ^a  

^a NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POWER RELATIONS; STATE ROLE; URBAN POLITICS;

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

EID: 47949096391     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008093382     Document Type: Article

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