THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY

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THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY. / Welzel, Christian.
The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. ed. / Robert Rohrschneider; Jaques Thomassen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 76-94.

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Welzel, C 2020, THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY. in R Rohrschneider & J Thomassen (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 76-94. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825081.013.3

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Welzel, C. (2020). THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY. In R. Rohrschneider, & J. Thomassen (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies (pp. 76-94). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825081.013.3

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Welzel C. THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY. In Rohrschneider R, Thomassen J, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2020. p. 76-94 doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825081.013.3

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