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What's wrong with our political culture and what, if anything, can we do to improve it? Reflections on Colin Hay's ‘Why We Hate Politics’

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Stoker, G. What's wrong with our political culture and what, if anything, can we do to improve it? Reflections on Colin Hay's ‘Why We Hate Politics’. Br Polit 4, 83–91 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1057/bp.2008.36

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