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A case study of street committee in enhancing participatory democracy in the Emfuleni Local Municipality and the need for civic education

@inproceedings{Dosoudil2012ACS,
  title={A case study of street committee in enhancing participatory democracy in the Emfuleni Local Municipality and the need for civic education},
  author={Maureen Dosoudil},
  year={2012}
}
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