Not as bad as it seems: EU and US democracy promotion faces China in Africa

Democratization

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 419-437

  Hackenesch, Christine ^a  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angola; China; democracy promotion; Ethiopia; European Union; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930572985     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2014.1002476     Document Type: Article

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