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Forging Democracy from Below
Insurgent Transitions in South Africa and El Salvador
by Elisabeth Jean Wood
ISBN: 0521783232
ISBN-13: 9780521783231
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Published date: 2000
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 247
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Elisabeth Jean Wood
Cambridge University Press, 2000-11-06. Hardcover. New. CONDITION:NEW Analyzes the role of economically marginalized people in recent transitions to democratic rule. Comparative politics ( more information) Offered by RCBOOKS (United States)
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