Using power-sharing to win a war: The implementation of the lomé agreement in sierra leone;Wie man machtteilung benutzt, um einen krieg zu gewinnen: Die umsetzung des lomé-abkommens in sierra leone

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 87-107

  Binningsbø, Helga Malmin ^a   Dupuy, Kendra ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil wars; Power sharing; Sierra Leone; War termination agreements; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950190632     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000203970904400305     Document Type: Article

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