The end of Democracy? Curtailing political and civil rights in Ethiopia

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 36, Issue 120, 2009, Pages 193-207

  Aalen, Lovise ^a   Tronvoll, Kjetil ^b  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; LIBERALIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70449516805     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240903065067     Document Type: Article

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