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Find an article from a complete citation Soifer, Hillel. 2013. State Power and the Economic Origins of Democracy. Studies in Comparative International Development 48(1): 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s12116-012-9122-7 Discovery search: article title Google Scholar : author, article title, journal title With Library Links turned on
Find an article from a complete citation Jackson, Robert H. and Carl H. Rosberg, 1984. Personal rule: theory and practice in Africa. Comparative politics July: 421-442. Discovery search: article title Google Scholar : author, article title, journal title Library Catalogue: journal title
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