The perils of power-sharing: Africa and beyond;Die gefahren der machtteilung-in afrika und darüber hinaus

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 11-39

  Sriram, Chandra Lekha ^a   Zahar, Marie Joëlle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armed forces military units; Conflict resolution; Peacebuilding; Power sharing; Sub saharan africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950237560     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000203970904400302     Document Type: Article

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