Partisan politics: The impact of party in the confirmation of minority and female federal court nominees

Party Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-577

  Solowiej, Lisa A ^a   Martinek, Wendy L ^a   Brunell, Thomas L ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Judicial selection; Partisan incentives; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944566820     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068805054980     Document Type: Article

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