Issue Politics in a Polarized Congress

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 352-369

  Jochim, Ashley E ^a   Jones, Bryan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; dimensionality; issues; party polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876977588     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912912448930     Document Type: Article

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