Do majority-minority districts maximize substantive black representation in congress?

American Political Science Review

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 794-812

  Cameron, Charles ^a   Epstein, David ^a   O'Halloran, Sharyn ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0030305718     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2945843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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