The role of personal attributes in African American roll-call voting behavior in congress

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-414

  Rocca, Michael S ^a   Sanchez, Gabriel R ^a   Nikora, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Attributes; Descriptive representation; Latino; Substantive representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651120021     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908319573     Document Type: Article

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