Is the water rising? Reflections on inequality and American democracy

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-42

  Bartels, Larry M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644905326     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096506060057     Document Type: Review

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