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7 - Party Warriors: The Ugly Side of Party Polarization in Congress

from PART II - POLARIZATION IN NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

Sean M. Theriault
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
James A. Thurber
Affiliation:
American University, Washington DC
Antoine Yoshinaka
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Buffalo
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American Gridlock
The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization
, pp. 152 - 170
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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