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Outline of a Typology of Political Forces

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In the light of the different factors to which we have just referred, we may class political forces in accordance with different criteria, which may combine one with another in such a way that the typology is more complex than it might first appear to be.

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Gonidec, P.F. (1981). Outline of a Typology of Political Forces. In: African Politics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8902-3_3

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