A "Subterranean Agenda"? Racial Attitudes, Presidential Evaluations, and Tea Party Membership

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-237

  Maxwell, Angie ^a   Wayne Parent, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnocentrism; Obama; Racial stereotypes; Symbolic racism; Tea Party

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881237811     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-013-9097-7     Document Type: Article

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