Interlegislator relations and policy making: A sociological study of roll-call voting in a state legislature

Sociological Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-480

  Peoples, Clayton D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Legislative behavior; Policy making; Political sociology; Public policy; Relational analysis; Social networks; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949092806     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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