Political translation: How social movement democracies survive

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Political translation : How social movement democracies survive. / Doerr, Nicole.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018. 146 p.

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Doerr, N 2018, Political translation: How social movement democracies survive. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108355087

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Doerr, N. (2018). Political translation: How social movement democracies survive. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108355087

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Doerr N. Political translation: How social movement democracies survive. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 146 p. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108355087

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Doerr, Nicole. / Political translation : How social movement democracies survive. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018. 146 p.

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