The shifting and diverging White working class in U.S. presidential elections, 1972-2004

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-133

  Brady, David ^a   Sosnaud, Benjamin ^b   Frenk, Steven M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Politics; Race; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149458698     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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