The impact of multimember state legislative districts on welfare policy

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-282

  Larimer, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 33745617130     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000500500304     Document Type: Review

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