Why Africa's weak states persist: The empirical and the juridical in Statehood

World Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 1-24

  Jackson, Robert H ^a   Rosberg, Carl G ^a  

^a Amer Political Science Association   (United States)

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EID: 84972065924     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2010277     Document Type: Article

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