Invoking public opinion: Policy elites and social security

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-264

  Cook, Fay Lomax ^a   Barabas, Jason ^b   Page, Benjamin I ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Dental Medicine   (India)

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EID: 0038372698     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340025     Document Type: Review

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