From resistance to governance: Eritrea's trouble with transition

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 38, Issue 129, 2011, Pages 419-433

  Connell, Dan ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative media; civil society; EPLF; Eritrea; human rights; PFDJ; political opposition; transition

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POPULAR PROTEST; POST-WAR; STATE BUILDING;

ERITREA;

EID: 84858377467     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2011.598343     Document Type: Article

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