Releasing the fetters: Parties and the mobilization of the African-American electorate

Journal of Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 206-222

  Wielhouwer, Peter W ^a  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034348799     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00010     Document Type: Article

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