Class, race issues, and declining white support for the Democratic Party in the South

Political Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-155

  Brewer, Mark D ^a   Stonecash, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class divisions; Southern politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035354357     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013033814576     Document Type: Article

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