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Human Rights Implications of African Conflicts 非洲冲突对人权的影响

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V5I1.27315

Osita Agbu

引用次数: 3

Politics and Security in Central Africa 中非的政治与安全

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1999-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V4I2.27337

Musifiky Mwanasali

引用次数: 5

Les Rapports Etat-Societe Civile Dans le Processus Politique en Afrique Centrale: Les Montages Civilisateurs et Des civilisateurs DuPouvoir et du Droit 中非政治进程中的国家-公民社会关系:权力和法律的文明和文明设置

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1999-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/ajps.v4i2.27340

Mathias Eo Nguini

引用次数: 7

Politics in Central Africa: A Reflective Introduction to The Experience of States and Region 中非政治:国家和地区经验的反思性介绍

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1999-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V4I2.27334

L. Sindjoun

引用次数: 4

Contested Regionalism: Southern and Central Africa in the Post-Apartheid Era 有争议的地区主义:后种族隔离时代的南部和中部非洲

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1999-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V4I2.27339

Tandeka C. Nkiwane

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引用次数: 8

L'Afrique Centrale dans la Guerre: Les Etats-Fantomes ne Meurent Jamais 中非战争:幽灵国家永不死·全球之声

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1999-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V4I2.27338

P. Quantin

引用次数: 1

Powershift and Strategic Adjustment in French Military Engagement in Central Africa 法国在中非军事行动中的权力转移和战略调整

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1999-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V4I2.27335

Anatole Ayissi

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引用次数: 3

The Problem of Change and Reorganisation of the One-Party Dictatorship in Congo 刚果一党专政的变革与重组问题

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1999-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V4I2.27341

Anne Sundberg

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引用次数: 1

Chiefs And Rural Local Government In Post-Apartheid South Africa 种族隔离后南非的酋长和农村地方政府

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V4I1.27348

Fred T. Hendricks, L. Ntsebeza

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引用次数: 21

Reconceptualizing the state as the leading agent of development in the context of Globalization in Africa 将国家重新定义为非洲全球化背景下发展的主要推动者

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V7I1.27325

T. Lumumba-Kasongo

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引用次数: 26