The construction of interest communities: Distinguishing bottom-up and top-down models

Journal of Politics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1160-1176

  Lowery, David ^a   Gray, Virginia ^b   Monogan, James ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 54549109064     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381608081127     Document Type: Article

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