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A Voice for Some: South Africa’s Ten Years of Democracy

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Electoral Politics in South Africa

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Ten years after 1994, South African democracy is healthier than it was expected to be but shallower than it needs to be.

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Jessica Piombo Lia Nijzink

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Friedman, S. (2005). A Voice for Some: South Africa’s Ten Years of Democracy. In: Piombo, J., Nijzink, L. (eds) Electoral Politics in South Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403978868_1

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