Breaking bonds?: The Iraq war and the loss of republican dominance in national security

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-229

  Goble, Hannah ^a,b   Holm, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Life Science Communication and Division of Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral behavior; George W. Bush; Iraq war; Issue ownership; Policy performance; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651027597     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908320669     Document Type: Article

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