Meaning and measurement: Reorienting the race politics debate

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 474-484

  Neblo, Michael A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group conflict; Ideology; Race; Symbolic racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249134632     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908320450     Document Type: Article

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