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Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major: An Introduction to the Symposium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2021

John Ishiyama
Affiliation:
University of North Texas
Marijke Breuning
Affiliation:
University of North Texas
Cameron G. Thies
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
Renée Van Vechten
Affiliation:
University of the Redlands, California
Sherri L. Wallace
Affiliation:
University of Louisville

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Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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