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The Functions of Elections

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Elections may be regarded as one procedure for aggregating preferences of a particular kind.

From International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (N.Y.: Macmillan Co. and Free Press, 1968).

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    W. J. M. Mackenzie (Edward Caird Professor of Politics)

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Mackenzie, W.J.M. (1975). The Functions of Elections. In: Explorations in Government. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01883-3_19

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