The policy opportunities in presidential honeymoons

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-262

  Beckmann, Matthew N ^a   Godfrey, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dewberry nnd Davis LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; Honeymoons; Mandate; President

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547842033     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907301775     Document Type: Article

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