The social and ideological bases of middle-class political realignment in the United States, 1972 to 1992

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-208

  Brooks, Clem ^a   Manza, Jeff ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC PARTY; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CLASS; REPUBLICANISM; SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGE; VOTING BEHAVIOUR;

USA;

EID: 0031466128     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657299     Document Type: Article

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