The origins of opinion of American party activists

Party Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-252

  Herrera, Richard ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American party activists; Candidate centered politics; Opinion structure; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040220180     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068899005002007     Document Type: Article

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