Group opinion and the study of representation

Who Gets Represented?

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-25

  Enns, Peter K ^a   Wlezien, Christopher ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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