Pork-Barrel politics in postwar Italy, 1953-94

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-289

  Golden, Miriam A ^a,c   Picci, Lucio ^b  

^a University of California

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 41649090167     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2007.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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