Changing the rules? state-building and local government in Afghanistan

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 990-1009

  Lister, Sarah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REFORM PROCESS; STATE BUILDING; STATE ROLE;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449337104     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380902802222     Document Type: Article

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