Class Differences in Social and Political Attitudes in the United States

The Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and the Media

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  McCall, Leslie ^a   Manza, Jeff ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class differences; Controversies; Definitional issues; Political attitudes; Social attitudes; Specifications of class; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883931104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199545636.003.0034     Document Type: Chapter

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