“This is not what I expected”: The Meaning of Democracy as Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie

Festschrift für Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

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Studien zur Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung
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35
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Nomos, Baden-Baden
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2023
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978-3-7560-0800-1
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“This is not what I expected”: The Meaning of Democracy as Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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