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Joel D. Barkan

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24

Publications

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Citations

17

H-Index

1976

Active since

Affiliations

University of Iowa(Current)

University of Ibadan

Joel D. Barkan is an author at University of Iowa specializing in political science, social sciences, and african politics.

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Social SciencesPoliticsAfrican PoliticsAfrican DevelopmentPublic PolicyAfrican Public PolicyDemocracyComparative PoliticsAfrican Social ChangeAfrican Political Thought

Publications per year

1976–2014

24

Publications

24

Decentralising the State: District Focus and the Politics of Reallocation in Kenya

Joel D. Barkan, Michael Chege · The Journal of Modern African Studies · 1989 · 258 citations

Rural Development, Development Economics, Economic Development +17

Politics and Public Policy in Kenya and Tanzania

Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, Joel D. Barkan · Foreign Affairs · 1985 · 175 citations

Public Policy, African Public Policy, Public Governance +5

Debate: PR and Southern Africa: Elections in Agrarian Societies

Joel D. Barkan · Journal of democracy · 1995 · 146 citations

Colonialism, South African History, Southern Africa +19

‘Hometown’ Voluntary Associations, Local Development, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Western Nigeria

Joel D. Barkan, Michael L. McNulty, M.A.O. Ayeni · The Journal of Modern African Studies · 1991 · 146 citations

African Public Policy, African Political Thought, Education +20

Progress and Retreat in Africa: Legislatures on the Rise?

Joel D. Barkan · Journal of democracy · 2008 · 120 citations

Regime Analysis, African Law, African Public Policy +18

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