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Perspectives about the Difference in the Relevance of American and European Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2016

Bo Rothstein*
Affiliation:
Oxford University

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Symposium: The Discipline of Political Science in Europe: How Different Is It from Political Science in North America?
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2016 

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