The invisible hands of political parties in presidential elections: Party activists and political aggregation from 2004 to 2012

The Invisible Hands of Political Parties in Presidential Elections: Party Activists and Political Aggregation from 2004 to 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-143

  Dowdle, Andrew ^a   Limbocker, Scott ^b   Yang, Song ^a   Sebold, Karen ^a   Stewart, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137318602     Document Type: Book

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