Democratic theory and the public interest: Condorcet and rousseau revisited

American Political Science Review

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 1317-1340

  Estlund, David M ^a   Waldron, Jeremy ^b   Grofman, Bernard ^a   Feld, Scott L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84973937996     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1961672     Document Type: Article

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