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Electing the House : The Adoption and Performance of the U.S. Single-Member District Electoral System /

Electing the House illuminates how and why the United States came to use the single-member district system to elect its House of Representatives and whether the system performs well according to the objectives it was intended to achieve.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dow, Jay K. (Jay Kent), 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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