The case for responsible parties

American Political Science Review

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 570-587

  Bernhardt, Dan ^a   Duggan, John ^b   Squintani, Francesco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73949085174     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990232     Document Type: Article

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