Democracy promotion in Africa: The institutional context

Democratization

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 443-461

  van Cranenburgh, Oda ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Democracy promotion; Hybrid regimes; Institutions; Presidentialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953281457     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2011.553364     Document Type: Article

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