The politics of Latino education: The biases of at-large elections

Journal of Politics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1224-1244

  Leal, David L ^a   Martinez Ebers, Valerie ^b   Meier, Kenneth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8744282868     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3816.2004.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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