Death at the polls: Experiencing and coping with political defeat

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 707-738

  Shaffir, William ^a   Kleinknecht, Steven ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disengagement; Politicians; Rationalizations; Role exit; Social death

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744455627     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241605279839     Document Type: Review

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