The political landscape of postwar Liberia: Reflections on national reconciliation and elections

Africa Today

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 47-65

  Bøås, Morten ^a   Utas, Mats ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POST-WAR; STATE BUILDING;

LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84903552246     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: 15271978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/at.2014.0018     Document Type: Article

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