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Leicht, K.T., Jenkins, J.C. (2010). Introduction: The Study of Politics Enters the Twenty-First Century. In: Leicht, K.T., Jenkins, J.C. (eds) Handbook of Politics. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68930-2_1
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