The content of political participation: Letters to the editor and the people who write them

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Cooper, Christopher ^a,c   Knotts, H Gibbs ^b   Haspel, Moshe ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Public Policy Institute   (United States)

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EID: 68349098856     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104909650909009X     Document Type: Article

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