In the name of “development”: Ethnic politics and multicultural public policy in Cameroon

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-232

  Eposi Ngeve, Rebecca ^a   Tabe Egbe Orock, Rogers ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Diversity management; Ethnic minorities; Government policy; Human resource bank; Multicultural public policy; Politics; Postcolonial state building; Public sector; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865885997     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331211214776     Document Type: Article

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