The 2008 Ethiopian local elections: The return of electoral authoritarianism

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  African Affairs

• Publication date

  2008-11-28

• Fields of study

  Political Science

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  DOI 10.1093/AFRAF/ADN066
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  Semantic Scholar

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