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Framing electoral reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote referendum campaign

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Framing electoral reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote referendum campaign. / Lundberg, Thomas; Steven, Martin.
In: Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2013, p. 15-27.

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Lundberg, T & Steven, M 2013, 'Framing electoral reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote referendum campaign', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2012.758230

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Lundberg, T., & Steven, M. (2013). Framing electoral reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote referendum campaign. Australian Journal of Political Science, 48(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2012.758230

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Lundberg T, Steven M. Framing electoral reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote referendum campaign. Australian Journal of Political Science. 2013;48(1):15-27. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2012.758230

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Lundberg, Thomas ; Steven, Martin. / Framing electoral reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote referendum campaign. In: Australian Journal of Political Science. 2013 ; Vol. 48, No. 1. pp. 15-27.

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