Exceptional behavior or exceptional identity?

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-41

  Brenner, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 79952650974     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfq068     Document Type: Article

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