Who is held responsible when disaster strikes? The attribution of responsibility for a natural disaster in an urban election

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Arceneaux, Kevin ^a   Stein, Robert M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; FLOOD; NATURAL DISASTER; URBAN POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646570269     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2006.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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