Do the facts speak for themselves? partisan disagreement as a challenge to democratic competence

Critical Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-139

  Shapiro, Robert Y ^a   Bloch Elkon, Yaeli ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1080/08913810802316373     Document Type: Review

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