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These ideologies relate to two essential problems: economic, social and cultural development, and political power, the situation of which is more or less influenced by models.

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Gonidec, P.F. (1981). Internal Politics. In: African Politics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8902-3_5

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