Top-Down Democratization in Tanzania

Issue Date October 1999
Volume 10
Issue 4
Page Numbers 142-55
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About the Author

Göran Hydén, distinguished professor of political science at the University of Florida-Gainesville, is the author of many articles and books on East Africa, including Political Development in Rural Tanzania (1969) and Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania (1980). His more recent publications include Governance and Politics in Africa (coedited with Michael Bratton, 1992) and African Perspectives on Governance (coedited with H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo and Dele Olowu, 1999).

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