The initiative process and the dynamics of state interest group populations

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-383

  Boehmke, Frederick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 57049111997     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000800800402     Document Type: Article

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