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On the relationship between (parties’ and voters’) issue attention and their issue positions: response to Dowding, Hindmoor and Martin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2015

James Adams
James Adams*
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Department of Political Science, University of California, USA E-mail: jfadams@ucdavis.edu
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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 25 - 31
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