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Abakah, E. (2018). Women and Politics Under Bureaucracy Section. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3497-1
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