African elections as vehicles for change

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 139-153

  Cheeseman, Nic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77958559053     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: 10863214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2010.0019     Document Type: Article

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5. Term limits are not employed in Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Sudan, and Zimbabwe.
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12. Author's interview with Konadu Apraku, NPP election-campaign manager, Accra, Ghana, 8 July 2009.
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