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Contemporary Politics Volume 23, 2017 - Issue 3: Special issue: Legitimation in Autocracies. Guest Editors: Alexander Dukalskis and Johannes Gerschewski
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Out of the shadows: autocratic regimes, election observation and legitimation

Maria J. DebreBerlin Graduate School of Transnational Studies, Free University Berlin, Berlin, GermanyView further author information
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Lee MorgenbesserCentre for Governance and Public Policy and the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 328-347 | Published online: 20 Mar 2017

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Michael Lidauer. (2023) Myanmar’s Menu of Electoral Manipulation: Self- and External Legitimation after the 2021 Coup. Critical Asian Studies 55:3, pages 397-423.
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