Divisive primaries: Party organizations, ideological groups, and the battle over party purity

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 918-923

  Murakami, Michael H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53349152375     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104909650838127X     Document Type: Article

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