Remaking the house and senate: Personal power, ideology, and the 1970s reforms

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-331

  Schickler, Eric ^a,d   Mcghee, Eric ^b   Sides, John ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3042527679     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298003x200908     Document Type: Review

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