Politicians do pander: Mass opinion, polarization, and law making

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Quirk, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congress; Law making; President; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249179399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1540-8884.1343     Document Type: Article

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