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Research Articles

Civil society collective action under authoritarianism: divergent collaborative equilibriums for political reform in Malaysia and Singapore

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Pages 551-574 | Received 28 Feb 2023, Accepted 21 May 2023, Published online: 10 Jul 2023

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