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Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2022

Martha Wilfahrt
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University of California, Berkeley

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Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics
Representation and Redistribution in Decentralized West Africa
, pp. 295 - 300
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022
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