Democratization as liberation: Competing African perspectives on democracy

Democratization

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 585-603

  Zuern, Elke ^a  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrobarometer; Civil society; Democracy; Liberation; Poverty; Social and economic rights; Social movements; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650242622     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340902884770     Document Type: Article

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