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Collaboration for Designing, Conceptualizing, and (Possibly) Decolonizing Research in African Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2021

Gildfred B. Asiamah
Affiliation:
Ghana Center for Democratic Development
Mohammed S. Awal
Affiliation:
Ghana Center for Democratic Development
Lauren M. MacLean
Affiliation:
Indiana University–Bloomington

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Type
Quantitative and Qualitative Collaborative Methodologies
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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