On the limits to inequality in representation

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-327

  Soroka, Stuart N ^a   Wlezien, Christopher ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48749092259     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096508080505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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