Popular interpretations of 'corruption' and their partisan consequences

Political Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-283

  Redlawsk, David P ^a   McCann, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exit poll; Favoritism; Political corruption; Third parties; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944500901     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-005-4469-3     Document Type: Review

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