Accountability and Coercion: Is Justice Blind When It Runs for Office?

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-263

  Huber, Gregory A ^a   Gordon, Sanford C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1942473819     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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