The rise and fall (and rise?) on non-citizen voting: Immigration and the shifting scales of citizenship and suffrage in the United States

Space and Polity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-134

  Varsanyi, Monica W ^a  

^a à San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 27144516356     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562570500304956     Document Type: Article

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