Engendering the ‘Crisis of Democracy’: Institutions, Representation and Participation
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Government and Opposition
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0017-257X,1477-7053
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2015.7