Liberal Chiefs or Illiberal Development? The Challenge of Engaging Chiefs in DFID's Security Sector Reform Programme in Sierra Leone

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-25

  Denney, Lisa ^a  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiefs; Department for International Development; Informal institutions; Security sector reform; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL REFORM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REFORM PROCESS; SECURITY;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84871104426     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2013.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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