Political Inclusion of Latino Immigrants: Becoming a Citizen and Political Participation

American Politics Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 535-568

  Levin, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

citizenship; Latino politics; matching methods; naturalization; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879701746     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X12461438     Document Type: Article

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