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The Democratic Dilemma: Taking the Dilemma out of Democracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2019

Frances McCall Rosenbluth*
Affiliation:
Yale University

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Symposium: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? Reflections on The Democratic Dilemma
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2019 

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