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Islam, Elections, and Reform in Algeria

Issue Date Winter 1991
Volume 2
Issue 1
Page Numbers 58-71
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About the Author

Daniel Brumberg is associate professor of government and director of Democracy and Governance Studies at Georgetown University, and a senior nonresident fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED).

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