Decentralization and political opposition in contemporary Africa: Evidence from Sudan and Ethiopia

Democratization

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1087-1105

  Green, Elliott ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Democratization; Ethiopia; Federalism; Sudan

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053212781     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2011.603476     Document Type: Article

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