Latinos, at-large elections, and political change: Evidence from the "transition zone"

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 207-225

  Bezdek, Robert R ^a   Billeaux, David M ^a   Huerta, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

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