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The Science of Storytelling: Measuring Policy Beliefs in Greater Yellowstone

Mark K. McBeth Department of Political Science, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Elizabeth A. Shanahan Department of Political Science, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
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Michael D. Jones Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Pages 413-429 | Received 22 Oct 2003, Accepted 29 Sep 2004, Published online: 22 Aug 2006

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