When do elections encourage ideological rigidity?

American Political Science Review

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-288

  Canes Wrone, Brandice ^a   Shotts, Kenneth W ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348829355     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055407070256     Document Type: Article

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