Legislating without constraints: The effect of minority districting on legislators' responsiveness to constituency preferences

Journal of Politics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 442-456

  Gay, Claudine ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247147973     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00542.x     Document Type: Review

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