Cross-cutting Social Networks: Testing Democratic Theory in Practice
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Cross-Cutting Social Networks: Testing Democratic Theory in Practice
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عنوان ژورنال: American Political Science Review
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0003-0554,1537-5943
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055402004264