Congressional leadership 1965-96: A new look at the extremism versus centrality debate

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-105

  Grofman, Bernard ^a   Koetzle, William ^b   McGann, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US House of Representatives   (United States)

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EID: 0041366947     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3598520     Document Type: Article

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