The polls - Review: The national issues convention deliberative poll

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 588-619

  Merkle, Daniel M ^a  

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EID: 0039331931     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297775     Document Type: Review

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