How do citizens in east asian democracies understand left and right?

Japanese Journal of Political Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-55

  Jou, Willy ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 79960733553     PISSN: 14681099     EISSN: 14740060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S146810991000023X     Document Type: Article

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