Minority rights and majority power: Conditional party government and the motion to recommit in the house

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-234

  Roberts, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 30344446313     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298005x201527     Document Type: Article

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