Free market economy, 'developmental state' and party-state hegemony in Ethiopia: The case of the 'model farmers'

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 681-706

  Lefort, Rene ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HEGEMONY; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER;

ETHIOPIA;

MELES;

EID: 84869012111     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X12000389     Document Type: Article

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