To 'midwife' and abort - A democracy: Mauritania's transition from military rule, 2005-2008

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-152

  N'Diaye, Boubacar ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTION; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL REFORM; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AFRICA; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 66149138895     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X08003765     Document Type: Article

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