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Convenience or complementarity: the African Union’s partnership with the United Nations in Sudan and South Sudan 便利性或互补性：非洲联盟与联合国在苏丹和南苏丹的伙伴关系

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-08-08 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2244849

A. Tchie

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How Electoral Integrity Matters in an Era of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience from Ghana’s Eighth General Election 在冠状病毒(COVID-19)大流行时代，选举诚信如何重要:加纳第八次大选的经验

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2215027

E. Debrah, I. Owusu-Mensah

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Neoliberal state and criminal activities in Nigeria 尼日利亚的新自由主义国家和犯罪活动

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2215017

P. Mbah, Uchenna C. Obiagu, Chikodiri Nwangwu, Kelechi Iwuamadim, Celestine O. Udeh

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‘Too many parties and still counting’: in defense of multiparty democracy in Zimbabwe “政党太多，仍在计数”：捍卫津巴布韦多党民主

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2213501

Gift Mwonzora

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Post-apartheid state business relations in Johannesburg: a sub-national perspective on the 21st Century developmental state 约翰内斯堡种族隔离后的国家与商业关系：21世纪发展国家的次国家视角

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2213500

G. Ditlhage

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‘Judicialization of corruption’ in Ghana: an analysis of how Ghanaians view the Office of the Special Prosecutor 加纳的“腐败司法化”:分析加纳人如何看待特别检察官办公室

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2197295

I. Owusu-Mensah, Enock Mathapoly-Codjoe

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Nigeria democracy without development: how to fix it 缺乏发展的尼日利亚民主:如何解决它

4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2191395

Olusola Olasupo

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South Africa enters the second wave of xenophobic violence: the rise of anti-immigrant organisations in South Africa 南非进入第二波仇外暴力：南非反移民组织的兴起

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2023.2171720

Mondli Hlatshwayo

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on voter behaviour in Ghana’s 2020 general election: a case study of the Greater Accra region 2019冠状病毒病大流行对加纳2020年大选选民行为的影响:以大阿克拉地区为例