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6 - Legislative Parties in an Era of Alternating Majorities

from Part II - Continuity and Change in Party Organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2016

Alan S. Gerber
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Yale University, Connecticut
Eric Schickler
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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Governing in a Polarized Age
Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America
, pp. 115 - 142
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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