Partisan joiners: Associational membership and political polarization in the United States (1974-2004)

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 631-655

  Baldassarri, Delia ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051589483     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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