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Explaining Turnout Decline in Post-Communist Countries: The Impact of Migration Cover

Explaining Turnout Decline in Post-Communist Countries: The Impact of Migration

By: Mircea Comşa  
Open Access
|Feb 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/subbs-2017-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2066-0464 | Journal ISSN: 1224-8703
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 60
Published on: Feb 10, 2018
Published by: Babeș-Bolyai University
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