A question of agency: Africa in international politics

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1889-1908

  Brown, William ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84868283471     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.728322     Document Type: Article

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