The workplace as a context for cross-cutting political discourse

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-155

  Mutz, Diana C ^a   Mondak, Jeffery J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33645145667     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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