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Direct Democracy, Public Opinion, and Public Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2009

Michael New
Michael New
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University of Alabma
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 815
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