Legislative parties and leadership choice: Confrontation or accommodation in the 1989 Gingrich-Madigan whip race

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-222

  Harris, Douglas B ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; Congressional leadership; Newt Gingrich; Party leadership; Republican Party

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646498599     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X05284408     Document Type: Article

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