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Persuasion and Coercion: A Critical Review of Philosophical and Empirical Approaches

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Powers, P. Persuasion and Coercion: A Critical Review of Philosophical and Empirical Approaches. HEC Forum 19, 125–143 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-007-9035-4

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