Death and taxes: Issue framing and conservative coalition maintenance

Political Science Quarterly

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 517-538

  Meagher, Richard ^a  

^a RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84890826605     PISSN: 00323195     EISSN: 1538165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polq.12074     Document Type: Article

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