Elites and panic: More to fear than fear itself

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 993-1014

  Clarke, Lee ^a   Chess, Caron ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 59649098491     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0155     Document Type: Article

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