Political time reconsidered unbuilding and rebuilding the state under the Reagan administration

American Politics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 577-605

  Cook, Daniel M ^a,c   Polsky, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American political development; Education policy; Environmental protection; Partisan regimes; Reagan presidency

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144475138     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X04270520     Document Type: Article

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