Negotiating Development Prescriptions: The Case of Population Policy in Nigeria

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-296

  Robinson, Rachel Sullivan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governmentality; Nigeria; Policy diffusion; Population policy; Ransome Kuti

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FERTILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONALISM; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POPULATION POLICY; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84857685107     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-011-9222-5     Document Type: Article

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