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2 - Towards a Sociology of Constitutional Transformation

Understanding South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Constitutional Order

from Part I - National Constitutions and Sociological Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2017

Paul Blokker
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Sciences/Institute of Sociological Studies, Charles University
Chris Thornhill
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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