"color coding" and support for social policy spending: Assessing the parameters among whites

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 634, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 174-189

  Wilson, George ^a   Nielsen, Amie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

color coding; racial prejudice; spending policy attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952475178     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716210388880     Document Type: Article

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