Backlash: Race, sexuality, and American conservatism

Polity

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-266

  Meagher, Richard J ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

American conservatism; Backlash; Feminism; Gender; Race; Republican party

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649093218     PISSN: 00323497     EISSN: 17441684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/pol.2008.33     Document Type: Review

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