Voting on abortion in the house of commons: A test for legislator shirking

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-521

  Longley, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA;

EID: 0033504334     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552425     Document Type: Article

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