Careerism, committee assignments, and the electoral connection

American Political Science Review

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-33

  Katz, Jonathan N ^b   Sala, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois ^*

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EID: 0030099655     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2082795     Document Type: Article

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