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Ethnography. / Curato, Nicole; Doerr, Nicole.

Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press Australia, 2023. p. 265-277.

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Curato, N & Doerr, N 2023, Ethnography. in Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press Australia, pp. 265-277. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192848925.003.0018

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Curato, N., & Doerr, N. (2023). Ethnography. In Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy (pp. 265-277). Oxford University Press Australia. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192848925.003.0018

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Curato N, Doerr N. Ethnography. In Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press Australia. 2023. p. 265-277 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192848925.003.0018

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Curato, Nicole ; Doerr, Nicole. / Ethnography. Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press Australia, 2023. pp. 265-277

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