Legislative careers: Why and how we should study them

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-171

  Hibbing, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0004048674     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/440308     Document Type: Article

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