Representational concentration and interest community size: A population ecology interpretation

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 919-944

  Lowery, David ^a   Gray, Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032281994     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591299805100404     Document Type: Article

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