Executive dominance and the politics of quota representation in Uganda

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-338

  Muriaas, Ragnhild L ^a   Wang, Vibeke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUOTA SYSTEM;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 84861314764     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X12000067     Document Type: Article

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