The 1896 realignment a reassessment

American Politics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-32

  Stonecash, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Silina, Everita ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1896 Election; Critical realignment; Political parties; Secular realignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144314788     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X04263824     Document Type: Review

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