Evangelicals in the power elite: Elite cohesion advancing a movement

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-82

  Lindsay, D Michael ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEADERSHIP; RELIGION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 51249139758     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300104     Document Type: Article

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