Voting as Communicating
β Scribed by Piketty, Thomas
- Book ID
- 108533896
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 365 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0034-6527
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