On enlarging the US House of Representatives

Political Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-329

  Leib, Jonathan I ^a   Webster, Gerald R ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority voting rights; Redistricting; US House of Representatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042636806     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(97)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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