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Emerging Democracies

Electoral systems and their political effects in Africa: A preliminary analysis

Shaheen Mozaffar Associate Professor of Political Science, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.A; Research Fellow of the Boston University African Studies Center, Boston, Masachusetts, USA
Pages 148-156 | Published online: 06 Jul 2007

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