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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Jennifer Curtin
Jennifer Curtin*
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University of Auckland , New Zealand
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Political Data Yearbook , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , December 2016, pp. 14 - 21
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Copyright © 2016 European Consortium for Political Research

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