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Matthew Polacko
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Latest papers
Revisiting the Sectoral Cleavage in Canada: Evidence From the Canadian Election Studies
Canadian Review of Sociology, The · 2026 · first author
1 publications.
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Revisiting the Sectoral Cleavage in Canada: Evidence From the Canadian Election Studies
Polacko M, Graefe P, Kiss S
Canadian Review of Sociology, The20261 citationsFirst authorOpen Access
Frequent collaborators
- Peter Graefe and Simon Kiss: 6 shared papers
- Peter Graefe and Matthew Polacko: 1 shared paper
- Simon Kiss and Matthew Polacko: 1 shared paper
- Department of Political Science
- Human Rights and Political Science
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