The effects of race and gender on the judicial ambitions of state trial court judges

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 379-392

  Jensen, Jennifer M ^a   Martinek, Wendy L ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambition; Gender; Judges; Race; Trial courts

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651027595     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908319574     Document Type: Article

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