Provincial elections and government formation in the western cape: The politics of polarisation

Politikon

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-49

  Nijzink, Lia ^a   Jacobs, Sean ^a  

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EID: 84937324134     PISSN: 02589346     EISSN: 14701014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589340050004082     Document Type: Article

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