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Pluralism by Default. Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics

Europe-Asia Studies. 2017. Vol. 69. No. 3. P. 545–547.
Ben Noble

Review of Lucan Way's book, 'Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics'. 

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