The Issue of Our Time: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 683-689

  Williams, Linda Faye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 34248055965     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: 15410986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592704040447     Document Type: Article

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