Connecting descriptive and substantive representation: An analysis of sex differences in cosponsorship activity

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-433

  Swers, Michele L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646530882     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298005X201617     Document Type: Review

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