Dissent and opposition among ex-combatants in Liberia

Democratization

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1146-1167

  Söderström, Johanna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Democratization; Ex combatants; Focus groups; Liberia; Opposition; Pluralism; Post conflict; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053193135     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2011.603471     Document Type: Article

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