Autocratic Legalism, Partisanship, and Popular Legitimation in Authoritarian Cameroon

Natalie Wenzell Letsa1, Yonatan L Morse2

  • 1Assistant Professor, Department of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, US.

Public Opinion Quarterly
|December 25, 2023
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