Institutional Threat and Partisan Outcomes: Legislative Candidates' Attitudes toward Direct Democracy

State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-379

  Bowler, Shaun ^a   Neiman, Max ^a   Donovan, Todd ^b   Peel, Johnny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993804692     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000100100402     Document Type: Article

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