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Book review: Spoilt ballots: the elections that shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril 书评:作废的选票:塑造南非的选举，从沙卡到西里尔

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i2a9

T. Lodge

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Information Controls and Internet Shutdowns in African Elections: The Politics of Electoral Integrity and Abuses of Power 非洲选举中的信息控制和互联网关闭:选举诚信和滥用权力的政治

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i2a1

N. Stremlau, Nathan Dobson

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An Assessment of Election Administration in Zambia, 1991-2011 1991-2011年赞比亚选举管理评估

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i2a5

Hyden Munene, Rosemary Chilufya, John Bwalya

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The Transformative Power of the Oromo Protests in Ethiopia: Resilience and Political Change 埃塞俄比亚奥罗莫人抗议的变革力量:韧性与政治变革

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i2a3

A. Tolla, Alvaro Oliver Royo

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Marriages of Inconvenience: The Politics of Coalitions in South Africa 不便的婚姻:南非的联盟政治

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i1a8

S. Booysen

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Election petition and the future of electoral reforms in Ghana 加纳选举请愿与选举改革的未来

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i1a6

Ransford Edward van Gyampo, A. Agbevade, E. Graham

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The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa: Democracy, Voting and Virtue 非洲选举的道德经济:民主、投票与美德

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i1a9

Umaro Djau

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South African Communists and elections 南非共产党和选举

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i1a1

T. Lodge

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Zimbabwe’s port-2000 elections: more hotly contested yet less democratic than in the past 津巴布韦2000年港口选举:竞争更加激烈，但民主程度却不如以往

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i1a4

Mark Nyandoro

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Free, fair and credible? An assessment of Kenya 2017 Election 自由、公平和可信?2017年肯尼亚大选评估

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/jae/2022/v21i1a3

M. K. Kaburu

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