Life in a niche: Mortality anxiety among organized interests in the American states

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-47

  Gray, Virginia ^b   Lowery, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031526423     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591299705000102     Document Type: Article

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