The legislative party and candidate recruitment in the American states

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-256

  Sanbonmatsu, Kira ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Legislatures; Political parties; Recruitment; States

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645719073     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806061339     Document Type: Article

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