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ISSN: 1617-5069
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Leadership, Economic Reforms and Policy Processes in an Indian State: The Regime of ‘JB’ (Chief Minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik) in Odisha
Authors: Barik, Radhakanta
Year: 2014-10
No. 75; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069, ISSN:
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Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra: A Classic Text of Statecraft and an Untapped Political Science Resource
Authors: Liebig, Michael
Year: 2014-07
No. 74; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069, ISSN:
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The Concept of the Political in Contemporary Western and Non-Western Political Thought
Authors: O’Sullivan, Noël K.
Year: 2014-06
No. 73; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069, ISSN:
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‘The Jewel of the East yet has its Flaws' The Deceptive Tranquillity surrounding Sri Lankan Independence
Authors: Kumarasingham, Harshan
Year: 2013-06
No. 72; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069, ISSN:
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Rethinking India’s Nuclear Policy:Credible Minimum Nuclear Deterrence as a Dynamic Transformation of Nuclear Option Open
Authors: Nakanishi, Hiroaki
Year: 2013-01
No. 71; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Managing Diversity: Power-sharing or Control? A Comparison between India and Sri Lanka
Authors: Carciumaru, Radu
Year: 2012-12
No. 70; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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De-Constructing Legitimacy with a Special Reference to the Panchayati Raj System in India
Authors: Fürstenberg, Kai
Year: 2012-11
No. 69; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics (HPSACP), ISSN: 1617-5069
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When Agency Triumphs Over Structure: Conceptualizing Bhutan’s Unique Transition to Democracy
Authors: Gallenkamp, Marian
Year: 2012
No. 68; , ISSN: 1617-5069
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Discourses of Transculturality:Ideas, Institutions and Practices in India and China
Authors: Chaudhuri, Bidisha ; König, Lion
Year: 2012
No. 67; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Language, Memory And The Vernacular: The Power Of The Ramacaritmanas In India’s Epic Culture
Authors: Tiwari, Heeraman
Year: 2012
No. 66; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Composite Dialogue between India and Pakistan: Structure, Process and Agency
Authors: Padder, Sajad
Year: 2012
No. 65; , ISSN: 1617-5069
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Political Reforms in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan (FATA) : Will it End the Current Militancy?
Authors: Shah, Sayed Wiqar Ali
Year: 2012
No. 64; , ISSN: 1617-5069
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One Land, Many Nations
Authors: Roy, Anjali Gera
Year: 2011
No. 63; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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A Tale Begun in Other Days: Understanding Caste as Social Exclusion in India
Authors: Negi, Prashant
Year: 2011
No. 62; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The History of Institutional Change in the Kingdom of Bhutan : A Tale of Vision, Resolve, and Power
Authors: Gallenkamp, Marian
Year: 2011
No. 61; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Armed Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India and the Indian State’s Response: Use of force and the ‘notion’ of proportionality
Authors: Goswami, Namrata
Year: 2011
No. 60; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Democracy, Governance and Citizenship: A Comparative Perspective of Conceptual Flow
Authors: Schoettli, Jivanta
Year: 2011
No. 59; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Reflection on Leviathan: State and Governance in Nepal
Authors: Dahal, Dev Raj
Year: 2010
No. 58; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Emergence of Independent Candidates:A Negative Binomial Regression Model of anIndian Parliamentary Election
Authors: Bhattacharya, Kaushik
Year: 2010
No. 57; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN:
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India’s Fifteenth General Election : Realities, Implications, Prospects
Authors: Mehra, Ajay K.
Year: 2010
No. 56; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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UPA (2004-) Globalization and Indian Federalism: a Paradigm Shift?
Authors: Bhattacharyya, Harihar
Year: 2010
No. 55; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Kashmir Revisited: Factoring Governance, Terrorism and Pakistan, as Usual
Authors: Ghosh, Partha S.
Year: 2010
No. 54; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The West Bengal Panchayat Model in Peril? A Survey-based Appraisal of West Bengal Panchayats
Authors: Fürstenberg, Kai
Year: 2010
No. 53; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Image-Formation at a Nation’s Edge: Thai Perceptions of its Border Dispute with Cambodia - Implications for South Asia
Authors: Chambers, Paul W. ; Wolf, Siegfried O.
Year: 2010
No. 52; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s ‘strategic agnosticism’: A compilation of his socio-political philosophy and worldview
Authors: Wolf, Siegfried O.
Year: 2010
No. 51; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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India Between Scylla and Charybdis: Negotiating the Cliff of Federalism
Authors: Hönig, Patrick
Year: 2009
No. 50; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Democratic Decentralization through Panchayati Raj in Contemporary India: The Changes and Challenges
Authors: Datta, Prabhat
Year: 2009
No. 49; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Dynastic Centres in Europe and Asia : A Layout for Comparison
Authors: Duindam, Jeroen
Year: 2009
No. 48; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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What a long, strange Trip it’s been: Reflections on India’s Economic Growth in the Twentieth Century
Authors: Sen, Kunal
Year: 2009
No. 47; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Economic Citizenship in India : A Socio-Legal Comparison of Two Cases
Authors: Sahni, Binda
Year: 2009
No. 46; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Conceptualizing Reform and Building Consensus : Islam in South Asia, and some Aspects of Leadership Patterns and Political Consciousness
Authors: Mukherjee, Soumen
Year: 2009
No. 45; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Demonic and the Seductive in Religious Nationalism : Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and the Rites of Exorcism in Secularizing South Asia
Authors: Nandy, Ashis
Year: 2009
No. 44; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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In Pursuit of a Grand Strategy: An Explanation of Pakistan’s Evolving Nuclear Policy
Authors: Alam, Mohammed Badrul
Year: 2008
No. 43; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Rabindranath Tagore and Nationalism: An Interpretation
Authors: Collins, Michael
Year: 2008
No. 42; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Rivers in Contention: Is There a Water War in South Asia’s Future?
Authors: Wirsing, Robert G.
Year: 2008
No. 41; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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India's Experiment with Revolution
Authors: Mehra, Ajay K.
Year: 2008
No. 40; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Punjab Crisis: A disastrous case of failed negotiations
Authors: Walter, Marie
Year: 2008
No. 39; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Communism in search of Hegemony in South Asia: the Case of Nepal
Authors: Datta Gupta, Sobhanlal
Year: 2008
No. 38; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Water, War, and Peace:Linkages and Scenarios in India-Pakistan Relations
Authors: Mirza, Nasrullah M.
Year: 2008
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Jagannatha Compared:The politics of appropriation, re-use and regional traditions in India
Authors: Hegewald, Julia A.B. ; Mitra, Subrata K.
Year: 2008
No. 36; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Hannah Arendt, Education, and Liberation : A Comparative South Asian Feminist Perspective
Authors: Bagchi, Barnita
Year: 2008
No. 35; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Which Road to Social Revolution? Liberalization and Constitutional Reform in India
Authors: Fischer, Alexander, M.A.
Year: 2007
No. 34; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Armed Conflict, Small Arms Proliferation and Women's Responses to Armed Violence in India's Northeast
Authors: Mentschel, Binalakhsmi Nepram
Year: 2007
No. 33; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Blunders in Tigerland: Pape's Muddles on "Suicide Bombers" in Sri Lanka
Authors: Roberts, Michael
Year: 2007
No. 32; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Looking Beyond the Border: The Sino-Indian Border Dispute and Sino-Indian Relations
Authors: Lu, Yang
Year: 2007
No. 31; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Voters, Institutions and Governance: A Theory and Evidence from the Indian Elections in 2004
Authors: Sarangi, Prakash
Year: 2007
No. 30; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN:
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Defining Religion: The Indian Supreme Court and Hinduism
Authors: Sen, Ronojoy
Year: 2006
No. 29; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Novelty of Europe as seen from the Periphery: Indian Perception of the 'New Europe' in a Multi-polar world
Authors: Mitra, Subrata K.
Year: 2005
No. 28; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Federalism and Regionalism in India : Institutional Strategies and Political Accommodation of Identity
Authors: Bhattacharyya, Harihar
Year: 2005
No. 27; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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From Hard Power to Soft Power? Ideas, Interaction, Institutions, and Images in India's South Asia Policy
Authors: Wagner, Christian
Year: 2005
No. 26; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Politics of Poverty Alleviation in Nepal : Structural Analysis of Socioeconomic Development from the Past Five Decades
Authors: Devkota, Surendra R.
Year: 2005
No. 25; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Whose Language is Urdu?
Authors: Abbi, Anvita ; Hasnain, Imtiaz ; Kidwai, Ayesha
Year: 2004
No. 24; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN:
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Religious Diversity and the Colonial State : Hindu-Muslim Relations under British Rule
Authors: McPherson, Kenneth
Year: 2004
No. 23; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Relating Spirituality and Politics: Love, Marriage or Friendship?
Authors: Srinivasan, Vasanthi
Year: 2004
No. 22; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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National Minority Rights in the Himalayas
Authors: Sonntag, Selma K.
Year: 2004
No. 21; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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From Dharma to Law and Back? Postmodern Hindu Law in a Global World
Authors: Menski, Werner
Year: 2004
No. 20; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Collective Violence and the Making of Civil Society : India in European Perspective
Authors: Mitra, Subrata Kumar
Year: 2003
No. 19; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Rationality of Politics in Uttar Pradesh : Towards a Re-evaluation of the Concept of Factionalism
Authors: Schwecke, Sebastian
Year: 2003
No. 18; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Communal Riots in Gujarat: The State at Risk?
Authors: Jaffrelot, Christophe
Year: 2003
No. 17; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Democratic Peace in South Asia?
Authors: Wagner, Christian
Year: 2003
No. 16; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Coffee House and the Ashram: Gandhi, Civil Society and Public Spheres
Authors: Hoeber Rudolph, Susanne ; Rudolph, Lloyd I.
Year: 2003
No. 15; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Decentralization, Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
Authors: Bigdon, Christine
Year: 2003
No. 14; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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The Challenge of Security in the Indian Ocean in the 21st Century : Plus ça change...?
Authors: Lehr, Peter
Year: 2002
No. 13; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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Measuring Conflicts in South Asian Countries (1945-2002)
Authors: Pfetsch, Frank R.
Year: 2002
No. 12; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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India’s Nuclear Doctrine : Context and Constraints
Authors: Alam, Mohammed B.
Year: 2002
No. 1; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 1617-5069
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One-Party-Dominance in Changing Societies: The ANC and INC in Comparative Perspective
Authors: Spieß, Clemens
Year: 2002
No. 10; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Emerging Major Powers and the International System: Significance of the Indian View
Authors: Mitra, Subrata Kumar
Year: 2002
No. 9; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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State Interests and Symbolism in India’s Nuclear Build-Up
Authors: Frey, Karsten
Year: 2002
No. 8; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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From Legalism to Realism in Kashmir : Internationalising the Line of Control
Authors: Ghosh, Partha S.
Year: 2002
No. 7; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Political Representation and Empowerment : Women in the Institutions of Local Government in Orissa after the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution
Authors: Hust, Evelin
Year: 2002
No. 6; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Is There Still Untouchability in India?
Authors: Deliège, Robert
Year: 2002
No. 5; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Constitutional Design, Democratic Vote Counting, and India's Fortuitous Multiculturalism
Authors: Mitra, Subrata K.
Year: 2001
No. 4; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Democratic Institution Building Process in Bangladesh : South Asian Experience of a New Model of a 'Care-taker Government' in a Parliamentary Framework
Authors: Molla, Gyasuddin
Year: 2000
No. 3; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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Communalism and Identity among South Asians in Diaspora
Authors: Bates, Crispin
Year: 2000
No. 2; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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The Politics of the Punjab Boundary Award
Authors: Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal
Year: 2000
No. 1; Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, ISSN: 16175069
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