The State of Surveying Legislators: Dilemmas and Suggestions

State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-108

  Maestas, Cherie ^a   Neeley, Grant W ^b   Richardson, Lilliard E ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 14844290557     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000300300104     Document Type: Article

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