Participation in Written Government Consultations in Denmark and the UK: System and actor-level effects

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Participation in Written Government Consultations in Denmark and the UK : System and actor-level effects. / Rasmussen, Anne.

In: Government and Opposition, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2015, p. 271-299.

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Rasmussen, A 2015, 'Participation in Written Government Consultations in Denmark and the UK: System and actor-level effects', Government and Opposition, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 271-299. https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2014.16

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Rasmussen, A. (2015). Participation in Written Government Consultations in Denmark and the UK: System and actor-level effects. Government and Opposition, 50(2), 271-299. https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2014.16

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Rasmussen A. Participation in Written Government Consultations in Denmark and the UK: System and actor-level effects. Government and Opposition. 2015;50(2):271-299. https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2014.16

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Rasmussen, Anne. / Participation in Written Government Consultations in Denmark and the UK : System and actor-level effects. In: Government and Opposition. 2015 ; Vol. 50, No. 2. pp. 271-299.

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