Going with the grain in African development?

Development Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 627-655

  Kelsall, Tim ^a  

^a Africa Power and Politics Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Africa; Governance; Politics; Power; Social morality

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; MORALITY; POLITICAL POWER; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 53549101928     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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