The generational contract in flux: Intergenerational tensions in post-conflict Sierra Leone

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-51

  Boersch Supan, Johanna ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL CONFLICT; YOUNG POPULATION;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84857865771     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X11000590     Document Type: Article

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