The hidden politics of identity: Racial self-identification and latino political engagement

Politics and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1281-1305

  Stokes Brown, Atiya Kai ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural identity politics; Elections; Parties; Political identity; Public opinion; Race ethnicity; Voting; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ELECTION; ETHNICITY; ETHNOPOLITICS; LATINO PEOPLE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICS; RACE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 71449121748     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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