Institutional change in American politics: The case of term limits

Institutional Change in American Politics: The Case of Term Limits

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-230

  Kurtz, Karl T ^a   Cain, Bruce E ^b   Niemi, Richard G ^c  

^a NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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