Comparing legislators and legislatures: The dynamics of legislative gridlock reconsidered

Political Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-212

  Chiou, Fang Yi ^a   Rothenberg, Lawrence S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 41649099571     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpm021     Document Type: Article

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