The Implications of Class, Race, and Ethnicity for Political Networks

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 824-855

  Leighley, Jan E ^a   Matsubayashi, Tetsuya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Ethnicity; Immigrant incorporation; Network diversity; Race; Social class; Social networks; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249112665     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X09337889     Document Type: Article

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