A Gendered Pipeline? The Advancement of State Legislators to Congress in Five States

Politics and Gender

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-308

  Mariani, Mack D ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69849127248     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X08000196     Document Type: Article

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