From many, one: State representation and the construction of an American identity

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-364

  Penn, Elizabeth Maggie ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous identities; Federalism; Great Compromise; Representation; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650553295     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: 14603667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629809103967     Document Type: Article

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