Reading, writing, and the regrettable status of education research in comparative politics

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-312

  Gift, Thomas ^a   Wibbels, Erik ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84901035246     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-080911-131426     Document Type: Article

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