Gabon: Limited reform and regime survival

Political Reform in Francophone Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 145-161

  Gardinier, David E ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85045594670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429498183     Document Type: Chapter

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