Legislative malfeasance and political accountability

World Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-220

  Chang, Eric C C ^a   Golden, Miriam A ^a   Hill, Seth J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; LEGISLATION; POLITICS;

EID: 77951959052     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887110000031     Document Type: Article

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