Would the Borda Count Have Avoided the Civil War?
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Would the Borda Count Have Avoided the Civil War?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Theoretical Politics
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0951-6298,1460-3667
DOI: 10.1177/0951692899011002006