Hard-fought legacy: Obama, congressional democrats, and the struggle for comprehensive health care reform

Reaching for a New Deal: Ambitious Governance, Economic Meltdown, and Polarized Politics in Obama's First Two Years

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 53-104

  Jacobs, Lawrence R ^a   Skocpol, Theda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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