Look back in anger?: Voter opinions of Mexican immigrants in the aftermath of the 2006 immigration demonstrations

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 695-717

  Cohen Marks, Mara ^a,b   Nuño, Stephen A ^b,c   Sanchez, Gabriel R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic attitudes; Immigration; Immigration rallies; Mexican Americans; Social movements; Voter opinion

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 65249130533     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087407311771     Document Type: Article

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