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Entangled oligarchies: structure, agency and rent seeking in South Africa

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2023

Mesrob Vartavarian
Mesrob Vartavarian*
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Africa , Volume 93 , Issue 4 , November 2023 , pp. 562 - 578
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