The Commonwealth, 'development' and post-colonial responsibility

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-24

  Power, Marcus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commonwealth; Development; Mozambique; Partnership; Post colonial; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POST-COLONIALISM;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 58049160513     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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