The domestic politics of humanitarian intervention: Public opinion, partisanship, and ideology

Foreign Policy Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-266

  Hildebrandt, Timothy ^a   Hillebrecht, Courtney ^b   Holm, Peter M ^c   Pevehouse, Jon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Office of Management and Budget   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84880397232     PISSN: 17438586     EISSN: 17438594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-8594.2012.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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