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Simulating Issue Networks in Small Classes Using the World Wide Web

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Jim Josefson and
Kelly Casey
Jim Josefson
Affiliation:
Bridgewater College
Kelly Casey
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo Law School
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , December 2000, pp. 843 - 846
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2000

Footnotes

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Jim Josefson was the instructor for the simulation described in this article, and Kelly Casey was a student in the course. The co-authors thank Nicole Fish and Sarah Peterson of Hartwick College for their help in writing this article.

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