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On historical semantics, state forms, and political regimes

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On historical semantics, state forms, and political regimes. / Jessop, Bob.
In: Sociologica, No. 2, 2010.

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Jessop, B 2010, 'On historical semantics, state forms, and political regimes', Sociologica, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.2383/32709

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Jessop, B. (2010). On historical semantics, state forms, and political regimes. Sociologica, (2). https://doi.org/10.2383/32709

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Jessop B. On historical semantics, state forms, and political regimes. Sociologica. 2010;(2). doi: 10.2383/32709

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Jessop, Bob. / On historical semantics, state forms, and political regimes. In: Sociologica. 2010 ; No. 2.

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