The Tea Party in the age of Obama: Mainstream conservatism or out-group anxiety?

Political Power and Social Theory

Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 105-137

  Barreto, Matt A ^a   Cooper, Betsy L ^a   Gonzalez, Benjamin ^a   Parker, Christopher S ^a   Towler, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84868525503     PISSN: 01988719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0198-8719(2011)0000022011     Document Type: Article

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