Rhetorical legacies of leadership: Projections of 'benevolent leadership' in pre- and post-genocide Rwanda

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-453

  Desrosiers, Marie Eve ^a   Thomson, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; GENOCIDE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; POST-WAR;

RWANDA;

EID: 80054928183     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X11000279     Document Type: Article

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