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This book is the product of three years of empirical research, four years in politics, and a lifetime in a country experiencing three different regimes. Transce

"The country-specific chapters serve to underline the differences between African democracy and liberal democracy, yet some authors are at pains to emphasize th

Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy focuses on how libraries coordinate their work in political and information literacy and how these efforts can be