Congressional parties and the mobilization of leadership PAC contributions

Party Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-475

  Heberlig, Eric S ^a   Larson, Bruce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaders' activities; Legislators; Raising and allocating resources; Selecting leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954181455     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809342993     Document Type: Article

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