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Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making
- Paperback
- Edition:
- Third
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Release Date:
- 2011
- ISBN-10:
- 0393912728
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393912722
- List Price:
- $81.60
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