Who's the Party of the People? Economic Populism and the U.S. Public's Beliefs About Political Parties

Political Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-389

  Nicholson, Stephen P ^a   Segura, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American elections; Party image; Populism; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 83855162245     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-011-9162-0     Document Type: Article

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