The effects of judicial campaign activity on the legitimacy of courts: A survey-based experiment

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 545-558

  Gibson, James L ^a,b   Gottfried, Jeffrey A ^c   Carpini, Michael X Delli ^c   Jamieson, Kathleen Hall ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attack ads; campaigning; judicial elections; judicial legitimacy; politicized campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052246931     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910370684     Document Type: Article

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