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9 - The Political Psychology of Constitution Making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2018

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Jon Elster
Edited by
Jon Elster ,
Roberto Gargarella ,
Vatsal Naresh  and
Bjørn Erik Rasch
Jon Elster
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Roberto Gargarella
Affiliation:
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
Vatsal Naresh
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
Bjørn Erik Rasch
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
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Constituent Assemblies , pp. 207 - 246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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