Term limits and their consequences: The aftermath of legislative reform

Term Limits and Their Consequences: The Aftermath of Legislative Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-193

  Caress, Stanley M ^a   Kunioka, Todd T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Cerritos College   (United States)

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