Gerrymandering- Vietnamese style: Escaping the partial reform equilibrium in a nondemocratic regime

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-159

  Malesky, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67650805387     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381608090099     Document Type: Article

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