Selected chiefs, elected councillors and hybrid democrats: Popular perspectives on the co-existence of democracy and traditional authority

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-128

  Logan, Carolyn ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AFRICA;

EID: 66149126649     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X08003674     Document Type: Article

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