Patronage, district creation, and reform in Uganda

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-103

  Green, Elliott ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralization; District creation; Patronage; Reform; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; ELECTION; POLITICAL REFORM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UGANDA;

EID: 76149110771     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-009-9058-8     Document Type: Article

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