Expanding the scope of conflict: Interest groups and interstate compacts

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 669-688

  Bowman, Ann O ^a   Woods, Neal D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 77954748237     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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