Defining the group: Latino identity and political participation

American Politics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-61

  Masuoka, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic identity; Hispanic ethnicity; immigrants; Latino politics; panethnic identity; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849093856     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X07303936     Document Type: Article

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