Capitalizing on Contention: Issue Agendas in U.S. Senate Campaigns

Political Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-471

  Brasher, Holly ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Funger Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agendas; Senate campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344924836     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600390244194     Document Type: Article

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