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Second‐Order Elections versus First‐Order Thinking: How Voters Perceive the Representation Process in a Multi‐Layered System of Governance

Nick Clark Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Robert Rohrschneider Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 645-664 | Published online: 29 Sep 2009

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