Electoral rules, career ambitions, and party structure: Comparing factions in Japan's upper and lower houses

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-122

  Cox, Gary W ^a   Rosenbluth, Frances M ^c   Thies, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033632357     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2669297     Document Type: Article

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