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What is Political Methodology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

Margaret E. Roberts
Margaret E. Roberts*
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University of California, San Diego
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Symposium: What is a Political Methodologist?
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , July 2018 , pp. 597 - 601
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2018 

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