Ideological adaptation? the survival instinct of threatened legislators

Journal of Politics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 828-843

  Kousser, Thad ^a   Lewis, Jeffrey B ^b   Masket, Seth E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 34547360427     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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