Designing Popular Vote Processes to Enhance Democratic Systems

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Designing Popular Vote Processes to Enhance Democratic Systems. / el-Wakil, Alice; Cheneval, Francis.

In: Swiss Political Science Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2018, p. 348–358.

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el-Wakil, A & Cheneval, F 2018, 'Designing Popular Vote Processes to Enhance Democratic Systems', Swiss Political Science Review, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 348–358. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12318

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el-Wakil, A., & Cheneval, F. (2018). Designing Popular Vote Processes to Enhance Democratic Systems. Swiss Political Science Review, 24(3), 348–358. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12318

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el-Wakil A, Cheneval F. Designing Popular Vote Processes to Enhance Democratic Systems. Swiss Political Science Review. 2018;24(3):348–358. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12318

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el-Wakil, Alice ; Cheneval, Francis. / Designing Popular Vote Processes to Enhance Democratic Systems. In: Swiss Political Science Review. 2018 ; Vol. 24, No. 3. pp. 348–358.

Bibtex

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