Violence and Urban Order in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-262

  LeBas, Adrienne ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Militia; Policing; State capacity; Urban governance; Violence

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELITE POLITICS; ETHNICITY; STATE ROLE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

KENYA; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NAIROBI [KENYA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 84881611956     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-013-9134-y     Document Type: Article

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