American identity and attitudes toward official-English policies

Political Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 469-499

  Schildkraut, Deborah J ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Language policy; National identity; Symbolic politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042532133     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00337     Document Type: Article

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