Ethnic cohesion and division among American Jews: The role of mass-level and organizational politics

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 797-829

  Kotler Berkowitz, Laurence A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Jews; Assimilation; Ethnic cohesion; Ethnic division; Politics; Religion

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC COHESION; JEWISH PEOPLE; ORGANISATIONAL POLITICS;

USA;

EID: 0031412126     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.1997.9993990     Document Type: Article

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