Politicized places: Explaining where and when immigrants provoke local opposition

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-60

  Hopkins, Daniel J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952429223     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990360     Document Type: Article

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