Abandoning the neo-patrimonialist paradigm: For a pluralist approach to the bureaucratic mode of governance in Africa

The Politics of Governance: Actors and Articulations in Africa and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 75-92

  de Sardan, Jean Pierre Olivier ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315777733     Document Type: Chapter

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