Which Birds of a Feather Flock Together? Assessing Attitudes About Descriptive Representation Among Latinos and Asian Americans

American Politics Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 699-729

  Schildkraut, Deborah J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; descriptive representation; Latinos; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879724122     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X12466582     Document Type: Article

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