Revisiting the relationship between educational attainment and political sophistication

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1564-1576

  Highton, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70450257614     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609990077     Document Type: Article

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