Voting in Initiative Elections: Does the Context of Racial and Ethnic Diversity Matter?

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-317

  Branton, Regina P ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248056236     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000400400303     Document Type: Article

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