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The Study of Term Limits in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons on Democratisation and Autocratisation

Africa Spectrum | 2021

German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Volume

55

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Pages

215 - 227

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/0002039720987696
Dr. Julia Grauvogel

Dr. Julia Grauvogel

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Dr. Charlotte Heyl

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