The politics of resentment in the post-civil rights era: Minority threat, homicide, and ideological voting in congress

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1458-1494

  Jacobs, David ^a   Tope, Daniel ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248330481     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511804     Document Type: Article

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