Swiss Political Science Review

Papers
(The median citation count of Swiss Political Science Review is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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How Populists Rally Around the People: Evidence from the Yellow Vests Movement Using an Embedding Regression Model31
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Party digitalization and website features: a comparative study of party organizations24
From Speech to Feed: How Parliamentary Debates Shape Party Agendas on Social Media‌17
The Localist Turn in Populism Studies15
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Voting in the Echo Chamber? Patterns of Political Online Activities and Voting Behavior in Switzerland14
Power‐Sharing in Europe: Past Practice, Present Cases, and Future DirectionsSoerenKeilAllisonMcCulloch (eds.) Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan (2021), 292 p., ISBN 978‐3‐030‐53590‐214
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Local voters have their reasons. Mapping voting motives in local elections in Belgium12
Wählerschaft und Perspektiven der Sozialdemokratie in der Schweiz By Häusermann, Silja; Abou‐Chadi, Tarik; Bürgisser, Reto; Enggist, Matthias; Mitteregger, Reto; Mosimann, Nadja; Zollinger,12
From Dayton to Bernese Jura: The Election of the Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina12
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Right‐wing populism against diploma democracy. The evolution of parliamentary elites in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland12
Do Citizens Judge Health Experts Through a Partisan Lens? Evidence from a Factorial Survey Experiment12
Démocraties DirectesBy RaulMagni‐Berton et LaurenceMorel (eds.), Bruxelles, Bruylant (2022), 550 p., ISBN: 978–2–8027‐7215‐611
National Populism and Borders: The Politicisation of Cross‐border Mobilisations in EuropeBy OscarMazzoleni, CeciliaBiancalana, AndreaPilotti, LaurentBernhard, GrégoireYerly, LukasLauener, Cheltenham: 11
Voting with Their Feet by Staying? The Political Drivers of Noncitizens' (Im‐)mobility11
The Impact of Municipality Mergers on Political Participation11
Business Lobbying in the European UnionDavidCoen, AlexanderKatsaitis, and MatiaVannoni, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2021), 221 p., ISBN 978–0–19‐958975‐310
Regulators as Agenda‐setters. How National Agencies Shape Public IssuesBy Guaschino, Edoardo, London, Routledge (2023), 176 p., ISBN 978‐032‐18402‐99
Youth Without Representation: The Absence of Young Adults in Parliaments, Cabinets, and CandidaciesStockemer, Daniel and AkselSundström, University of Michigan Press. 2022. p. 207. ISBN: 978‐0‐472‐9029
Contagious Policies? Studying National Responses to a Global Pandemic in Europe8
Popular Attitudes Toward the Distribution of Vaccines Against COVID‐19: The Swiss Case8
Torn Between International Cooperation and National Sovereignty: Voter Attitudes in Trade‐off Situations in Switzerland8
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Measuring Partisan Media Bias Cross‐Nationally8
What Drives the Selection of Political Information on Google? Tension Between Ideal Democracy and the Influence of Ranking7
What is the normative added value of deliberative mini publics in the context of climate policy making?7
The Power of Opposition. How Legislative Organization Influences Democratic Consolidation. SimoneWegmann. New York, Routledge (2022), 202 p., ISBN 97810322824597
The surge in women's representation in the 2019 Swiss federal elections7
Knowledge, Trust or Perspectives? A Causal Mediation Analysis of How a Citizens’ Jury Affected Voting Intentions in the General Public7
Confidence Across Cleavage: The Swiss Rural–Urban Divide, Place‐Based Identity and Political Trust6
Parliamentary Status and Drivers of Sympathy for the Radical Right6
Centripetalism in Consociational Democracy: The Multiple Proportional Vote and the Belgian Case6
The Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Good, but Might Become Even Better: A Comment on Ochsner5
Populist Citizens in four European Countries: Widespread Dissatisfaction goes with Contradictory but Pro‐democratic Regime Preferences5
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Swiss Municipal Data Merger Tool: Open‐source Software for the Compilation of Longitudinal Municipal‐level Data5
Introduction to the Debate: How Does Political Science Matter? The Relevance and Impact of the Discipline5
Moderation of Radical Right‐wing Populist Parties in Western European Governments – A Comparative Analysis4
Bring the Public In: Assessing Non‐Participants' Legitimacy Perceptions of a Digital Democratic Innovation in a Swiss Experiment4
Refugees and Covid‐19: Beyond Health Risks to Insecurity4
Clarifying and Defining the Concept of Liquid Democracy4
Does Direct Democracy Enhance Politicians’ Perceptions of Constituents’ Opinions? Evidence from Switzerland4
Boosting the Understanding and Approval of Anti‐Corona Measures–Reducing Exponential Growth Bias and its Effects through Educational Nudges3
The Democratic Ambivalence of EU Disintegration: A Mapping of Costs and Benefits3
Tailored negativity. Campaign consultants, candidate personality, and attack politics3
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The Effect of Ministerial Instability on Government's Mandate Fulfilment: Evidence from the Portuguese Case3
Maduro's Machines Against Paper Coalitions: Party Digitalization and Narratives on Machine Voting in Bulgaria3
The Valence Side of the EU: EU Issue Voting in the Aftermath of the Eurozone Crisis3
What is Europe? The Meaning of Europe in Different Social Contexts in Switzerland*3
Populist Attitudes and Direct Democracy: A Questionable Relationship2
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Politikevaluation. Eine EinführungFritzSager, SusanneHadorn, AndreasBalthasar &CélineMavrotWiesbaden, Springer (2021), 282 S., ISBN 978–3–658‐32489‐6, ISBN 978–3–658‐32490‐2 (e‐book)2
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Bildungsstandardisierung im politisch‐administrativen Kontext. Eine Analyse des Diskurses auf internationaler Ebene und in der Schweiz seit Ende der 1980er JahreEnder, SusanneZürich, Chronos Verlag (22
Everything for the people, but trust? Exploring the link between populist attitudes and social trust in Italy, Portugal, and Spain2
La sélectivité spatiale de l’élite politique locale: Une analyse exploratoire du lieu de résidence des élus communaux de Zurich et Lausanne (1980‐2016)2
Governing through Expertise. The Politics of Bioethics. AnnabelleLittoz‐MonnetCambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press (2020), 161p., ISBN 978‐1‐108‐84392‐82
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Wilful Non‐Compliance and the Threat of Disintegration in the EU’s Legal Order2
Unequal Democracies: Public Policy, Responsiveness and Redistribution in an Era of Rising Economic Inequality, NoamLupu & JonasPontusson (Eds.). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2023)2
Differentiated Fiscal Surveillance and the Democratic Promise of Independent Fiscal Institutions in the Economic and Monetary Union2
Les langues du pouvoir. Le plurilinguisme dans l’administration fédérale. DanielKübler, EmilienneKobelt and RomanZwickyLausanne, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (2020), 140p., ISBN 92
The War of Words: A Glossary of GlobalizationHaroldJamesNew Haven und London, Yale University Press (2021), 368 p., ISBN 978–0–300‐25829‐52
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Do birds of a feather flock together? Patterns of ethnolinguistic group representation in the Brussels Capital Region1
Place and Policy Preferences – Spatial Divides in Attitudes towards Social Policies in Germany1
Multi‐level Implementation of International Law: The Role of Vertical Epistemic Communities1
West Lothians in the European Parliament? Diverging Vote Choices in Cases of Differentiated Integration1
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Charisma in Right‐Wing Populism: Comparing the View of the Leader and Followers within the Swiss People’s Party1
The Legal Limits of Direct Democracy: A Comparative Analysis of Referendums and Initiatives Across EuropeDanielMoeckliAnnaForgácsHenriIbi (eds.) Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing (2021), 296 pp., IS1
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The electoral importance and evolution of climate‐related energy policy: evidence from Switzerland1
Die Schweiz, der unbekannte Nachbar By Linder, Wolf, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag (2023), 282 Seiten,ISBN78‐3‐447‐12003‐61
Pandemic and Partisan Polarisation: Voter Evaluation of UK Government Handling During Covid‐191
Countering Democratic Backsliding by EU Member States: Constitutional Pluralism and ‘Value’ Differentiated Integration1
Politik von Unten: Populismus in der SchweizJames EdwardWeberBaden‐Baden, Nomos (2021), 247 p., ISBN 978–3–8487‐7143‐11
Right‐Wing Populist Parties' Bordering Narratives in Times of Crisis: Anti‐Immigration Discourse in the Genevan Borderland during the COVID‐19 Pandemic1
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The Emotional Foundations of Political Support: How Fear and Anger Affect Trust in the Government in Times of the Covid‐19 Pandemic1
Faire campagne: Les partis politiques suisses face à l'électorat depuis 1945. ZoéKergomard. EPFL Press, Savoir Suisse (2023), 176p, 978–2–88915‐915‐515‐61
Unpacking Populism: Using Correlational Class Analysis to Understand How People Interrelate Populist, Pluralist, and Elitist Attitudes1
The Role of Regulatory Agencies in Agenda‐Setting Processes: Insights from the Italian Response to the COVID‐19 Infodemic1
Hit the right target! The Role of Issue Saliency among a Party's Potential Voters as a Determinant of the Party's Issue Emphasis in Switzerland1
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The electoral behaviour of voters with migration backgrounds and natives at the 2015 and 2019 Swiss National Elections. Two completely different stories?1
The impact of ideological positions and personal attributes of candidates in intraparty competition: A study under the Swiss open‐list PR System0
Approaches to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and good practices: A systematic review0
The Mis‐conceptualisation of Societal Impact: Why the Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Productive and not Inexistent0
Shared Class, Shared Opinion? Policy Preference Congruence Between Citizens and Legislators0
The enactment of public participation in rulemaking: A comparative analysis0
My glass, ours, or yours? Half full or half empty? The EU and its crisis management. European Disunion. Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency By Stefan Auer.Hurst & Compa0
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When Do Authoritarian Regimes Use Digital Technologies for Covert Repression? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Politico‐Economic Conditions0
What drives data‐driven campaigning (DDC)? A comparative analysis of the institutional and organisational factors shaping the adoption of DDC in the French and German party syste0
The gender gap in pro‐environmental political participation among older adults0
Epilogue: A Note of Caution on Differentiated Integration0
Making Representative Politics Work: Cross‐Segmental Parties in Consociations0
Impact of information shortcuts on preferential voting: Gender and ballot position effects in Luxembourg and Switzerland0
Trust in Implementing Institutions, Ecological Behavior and Decentralized Environmental Governance: The Case of Switzerland0
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Comparing Online and Offline Political Support0
The Potential for Political Scientists to Remain Relevant: A Comment on Flinders0
Self‐Ruleand Intrastate Conflict Risk in Divided Societies: A Configurational Analysis of Consociational Institutions0
Political Parties and the Use of Digitalization in Daily Politics: Introduction to the Special Issue0
International Trade, the Great War, and the Origins of Taxation: Sister Republics Parting Ways0
Lobbyierende Kantone. Subnationale Interessenvertretung im Schweizer Föderalismus. RahelFreiburghaus.Baden‐Baden, Nomos (2024), 685 p., ISBN 978–3–7489‐1948‐30
The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. Edited by PatrickEmmenegger, FlaviaFossati, SiljaHäusermann, YannisPapadopoulos, PascalSciarini and AdrianVatter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. xxxv0
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Political Consumer Gap between Foreign Residents and Swiss Citizens: The Explanatory Relationship of Political Resources and Citizenship Status0
Ethnic Diversity, Anti‐Immigrant Sentiments, and Radical Right Voting in the Flemish Region of Belgium0
Impotence Through Relevance? Faustian Bargains, Beyond Impact and the Future of Political Science0
Swiss Federalism. The Transformation of a Federal ModelAdrianVatterLondon and New York, Routledge (2018), 304 p., ISBN 978‐1‐138‐29427‐10
Framing Effects on the COVID‐19 See‐Saw0
When issues matter: A Survey Experiment with Local Leaders0
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Competence Issue Ownership, Issue Positions and the Vote for the Greens and the Social Democrats0
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Variegated digital state repression in Central Asia0
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Sortons du ghetto: Histoire politique des homosexualités en Suisse, 1950–1990ThierryDelessertZürich, Genève, Seismo (2021), 280 p., ISBN 978–2–88351‐092‐00
The Human Imperative: Power, Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Artificial IntelligencePaulNemitz and MatthiasPfeffer (Eds.), Cambridge: The Ethics Press. 2023. pp. 602.ISBN: 978–1–80441‐10
Pacification through decentralization: An explanatory analysis of ethno‐territorial cabinet conflict in Belgium (1979–2006)0
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Ideological Disagreement and the Rejection of Laws by Italian Heads of State0
From newspapers to social media? Changing dynamics in Swiss direct democratic campaigns0
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R: A Beginner's Guide. ByIoana‐ElenaOană, Carsten Q.Schneider & EvaThomann, Cambridge University Press (2021), ISBN: 978–1–009‐00678‐10
Are European Elections Second‐Order Elections for Everyone?0
Congruence in Proportional Representation Systems: Non‐Economic Issue Salience and Coalition Formation0
Conditional distributions of frame variables and voting behaviour in probability‐based surveys and opt‐in panels0
The Impact of Social Media Use for Elected Parliamentarians: Evidence from Politicians' Use of Twitter During the Last Two Swiss Legislatures0
Reformbaustelle Bundesstaat. Knüpling, Felix, MarioKölling, SabineKropp und HenrikScheller (Hrsg.) Wiesbaden, Springer VS (2020), 515 S., ISBN 978‐3‐658‐31236‐7.0
Switzerland‐EU Relations. Lessons for the UK after Brexit?PaoloDardanelli and OscarMazzoleni (eds.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (2021), 224 p., ISBN: 97803674820530
Caring breadwinners? A comparative analysis of parental leave policies to promote fathers' care work0
Autonomy or Domination? Two Faces of Differentiated Integration0
Der Ständerat. Die Zweite Kammer der SchweizSeanMueller und AdrianVatter (Hrsg.)Basel, NZZ Libro (2020), 297 S., ISBN 978‐3‐907291‐08‐50
Political support through representation by the government. Evidence from Dutch panel data0
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Introducing HESSS: Home Economics at Swiss Secondary Schools0
Choosing who to hate? The Extreme and Radical Right's Foreign Policy between Anti‐Semitism, Islamophobia, and Russophilia0
Wie institutionelle Hürden die soziale Selektivität der Wahl verschärfen: Das Beispiel von Formfehlern bei der Briefwahl0
Civic and Political Engagement during the Multifaceted COVID‐19 Crisis0
Introduction to the Special Issue “The 2019 Swiss National Elections”0
Issue Ownership and Agenda Setting in the 2019 Swiss National Elections0
Lutter contre les pauvres. Les politiques de la mendicité. L'exemple suisse. Jean‐PierreTabin & RenéKnüsel. Troisième édition augmentée et actualisée. Lausanne, Éditions d'en bas (200
Party Strategies in Local Elections: Insights from Israel0
Decentralisation in Times of Crisis: Asset Or Liability? The Case of Germany and Italy During Covid‐190
ChatGPT as a voting application in direct democracy0
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Processing Large‐Scale Archival Records: The Case of the Swiss Parliamentary Records0
How Coordinated Capitalism Adapts to the Knowledge Economy: Different Upskilling Strategies in Germany and Switzerland0
Studying European Radical Left Parties since the Fall of the Berlin Wall (1990–2019): A Scoping Review0
Electoral Campaigns and Parliamentary Practice: Do Parties Pursue the Issues They Campaigned On?0
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The Accessibility and Electoral Consequences of Issue Competence Perceptions: Evidence from the Swiss 2019 Election0
Why do people give to their governments? Lab‐in‐the‐field evidence on the role of norms, social information, and political support0
The Democratic Dilemmas of Differentiated Integration: The Views of Political Party Actors0
The Political Scientist as a Critical Friend: A Comment on Flinders0
The Local Party Branch and the Council Party Group: Who Governs?0
Political Attitudes and Sexual Identity in Germany: Examining the Sexuality Gap0
Variations of Public Opinion Towards Face Veiling: Arguments in the Swiss Debate0
Covid‐19 – A Political Science Perspective0
The other side of platform politics. Law‐making and online participatory democracy in the Five Star Movement0
Direkte Demokratie in den GemeindenMartina FlickWitzig und AdrianVatter, Basel, NZZ Libro (2023), 207 S., ISBN 978–3–907396‐24‐70
Vicious circle of peripheries: Representation of sub‐municipal units in local election manifestos in amalgamated municipalities0
Values, Taboos, and Votes: How Basic Human Values Affect Populist Electoral Support0
Der Effekt des Haushalts auf die Beteiligungsdisposition0
Do Citizens use Sociodemographic Characteristics as Cues to Infer Candidate Issue Positions?0
Social Media and Policy Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Switzerland0
Introduction: Democratic Challenges of Differentiated (Dis)Integration0
On the Way to Limited Competitiveness: Political Consequences of the 2011 Electoral Reform in Hungary0
Age, period and cohort effects in a dealigned electorate: comparing late deciders and vote switchers0
From Old to New Colonial Dependencies: Public Perceptions of Chinese Surveillance Cameras in Central Asia0
Likeminded? Congruence Between Political Elites and their Voters Regarding Policy Choices inSwiss‐EURelations0
Die Grünen in der Schweiz: Entwicklung – Wirken – Perspektiven/Les Vert‐e‐s en Suisse: Évolution – action – perspectivesSarahBütikofer and WernerSeitz (Eds.) Zurich, Seismo Press (2023), 228 p., 0
Institutionally Embedded Democratic Equalizers: Differential Political Involvement Effects of Voluntary Associations across Language Regions in Switzerland0
Explaining Conspiracy Beliefs and Scepticism around the COVID‐19 Pandemic0
Ethnicity and Elections: Electoral Context Affects Parties' Use of Ethnic References0
The Origin of Dialogue in the News Media, RegulaHänggli. Cham, Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xv + 283 p., ISBN 97830302658230
Communicating Mobility Restrictions During the COVID‐19 Crisis on Twitter: The Legitimacy Challenge0
Deservingness and Welfare Attitudes Through Young Eyes: The Future of the Swiss Welfare State0
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The Impact of Institutional and Financial Constraints on Party Behaviour in Local Politics0
The domestic politics of the Swiss‐EU negotiations on the Institutional Framework Agreement (and beyond)0
Wind Turbines, Public Acceptance, and Electoral Outcomes0
Multi‐level party favoritism: The case of a discretionary grant program in Poland0
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Beyond Social Impact: The Value of Science for Society (A Comment on Ochsner)0
Postface: Concluding Remarks on Relevance and Impact of Political Science in Switzerland0
Beyond coalition and opposition? The effect of councilwide agreements on legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipalities0
Multilingual Democracy: Switzerland and BeyondStojanović, NenadLondon & New York, ECPR Press/Roman & Littlefield (2021), 233 p., ISBN 978–1–78552‐331‐10
Dem Laufgitter entkommen – Frauenforderungen im eidgenössischen Parlament seit 1950MarlèneGerberAnjaHeidelberger (Hrsg.)Zürich und Genf, Seismo Verlag (2021), 470 S., ISBN 978–3–03777‐251‐50
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Taking Their Game to the Next Level: Why Members Support Party Digitalization0
ReconcilingIntra‐PartyandIntra‐CoalitionDissent in Morality Politics: Parliamentary Debates on Marriage Equality in the German Bundestag0
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Amnesty International and Women's Rights: Feminist Strategies, Leadership Commitment and Internal ResistanceMiriamGanzfriedBielefeld, Transcript (2022), 320 p., 978‐3‐8376‐6008‐10
Politique suisse: Institutions, acteurs, processus By PascalSciarini, EPFL Press, 2023, 636 p.0
Does the left–right cleavage matter in local politics? An analysis of local party manifestos across municipal sizes0
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The Added Value of Configurational Meta‐analyses0
The Introduction of E‐Government in Switzerland – Many Sparks, No FireTerezaCahlikovaSwitzerland, Palgrave Macmillan (2021), 129 p., ISBN 978–3–030‐78623‐60
Can(‘t) have it all? Parents in the Swiss Parliament0
Normative Theorien autoritärer HerrschaftBraun, DietmarWiesbaden, Springer VS (2020), 301 p., ISBN: 97836582996060
Policy Controversies and Political Blame Games Markus Hinterleitner Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2020), 248 p., ISBN 978‐1‐108‐49486‐10
Clientelism and digitalisation of Roma parties' electoral campaigns: a case study0
Past the saturation point: Why voters switch from mainstream to niche parties and vice‐versa0
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The Making of the World. How International Organizations Shape Our Future. YvesSchemeil. Verlag Barbara Budrich (2023), 406 p., ISBN978‐38474214670
The Indirect Effect of Electoral Rules on Citizens’ Satisfaction with Democracy: A Comparative Study0
Crises of European Integration: Joining Together or Falling Apart?LucasSchramm. London, Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xvii + 303 pp, ISBN 978–3–031‐54747‐80
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