Individual and Contextual Constraints on Ideological Labels in Latin America

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 675-701

  Zechmeister, Elizabeth J ^a   Corral, Margarita ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ideological labels; Latin America; left right; left right self placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876968310     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414012463880     Document Type: Article

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