Whose mandate? policy promises, strong bicameralism and polled opinion

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-352

  Goot, Murray ^a  

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DOI: 10.1080/10361149950263     Document Type: Article

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