Foreign policy and the electoral connection

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 477-502

  Aldrich, John H ^a   Gelpi, Christopher ^a   Feaver, Peter ^a,b   Reifler, Jason ^c   Sharp, Kristin Thompson ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b White House   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic accountability; Foreign policy decision making; Public opinion; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745784432     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.9.111605.105008     Document Type: Article

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