Modernizing political science: A model-based approach

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 741-753

  Clarke, Kevin A ^a   Primo, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 36749073370     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592707072192     Document Type: Article

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