Committee specialization in U.S. state legislatures during the 20th century: Do legislatures tap the talents of their members?

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-324

  Hamm, Keith E ^a   Hedlund, Ronald D ^b   Post, Stephanie Shirley ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

committee members; congressional theories; legislator experience; legislator occupation; state legislative committees

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355163377     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440011413082     Document Type: Article

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