Jurisdiction, institutional structure, and committee representativeness

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-56

  Battista, James Coleman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 33745653935     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290605900105     Document Type: Article

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