Accounting for the quality of black legislative life: The view from the states

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-98

  Hedge, David ^a   Button, James ^a   Spear, Mary ^a  

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EID: 0030306434     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2111695     Document Type: Article

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