Newspaper coverage of political scandals

Journal of Politics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 931-950

  Puglisi, Riccardo ^a   Snyder Jr , James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955672646     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381611000569     Document Type: Article

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