The political psychology of personal narrative: The case of Barack Obama

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-206

  Hammack, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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COLONIALISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICS; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650119780     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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