Political party bans in rwanda 1994-2003: Three narratives of justification

Democratization

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 709-729

  Niesen, Peter ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Divisionism; Former ruling party; Justification narrative; Militant democracy; Particularism; Rwanda; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954787638     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2010.491196     Document Type: Article

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