Whites' Racial policy attitudes in the twenty-first century: The continuing significance of racial resentment

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 634, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-152

  Tuch, Steven A ^a   Hughes, Michael ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

principle policy gap; racial policy attitudes; racial resentment; stratification ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952474558     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716210390288     Document Type: Article

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