Between rhetoric and political conviction: The dynamics of decentralization in Uganda and Africa

Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-457

  Muhumuza, William ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Authoritarian government; Corruption; Decentralization; Ethnic conflict; National Resistance Movement (NRM); Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049097645     PISSN: 0278839X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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