Legislative success in a small world: Social network analysis and the dynamics of congressional legislation

Journal of Politics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-135

  Tam Cho, Wendy K ^a   Fowler, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77951212244     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002238160999051X     Document Type: Article

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