The limited local impacts of ethnic and racial diversity

American Politics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 344-379

  Hopkins, Daniel J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agenda setting; city spending; crime; ethnic and racial diversity; public goods; urban politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955412425     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10370734     Document Type: Article

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