Supreme Court legitimacy and group-centric forces: Black support for capital punishment and affirmative action

Political Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-311

  Clawson, Rosalee A ^a   Kegler, Elizabeth R ^b   Waltenburg, Eric N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Senate   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Black public opinion; Capital punishment; Supreme Court

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843073174     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POBE.0000004060.38932.54     Document Type: Article

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