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The Rise of Scientific Virtues in the Danish Central Administration: From Anti-parliamentarism to Objective Expertise

Ludvig Goldschmidt Pedersen
Scandinavian Studies, September 2020, 92 (4) 461-491; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.92.4.0461
Ludvig Goldschmidt Pedersen
Aarhus University
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