The changing readability of introductory political science textbooks: A case study of burns and peltason, government by the people

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-232

  Heilke, Thomas ^a   Joslyn, Mark R ^a   Aguado, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0037997977     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096503002130     Document Type: Review

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