Extreme voices: Interest groups and the misrepresentation of issue publics

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 861-867

  Claassen, Ryan L ^a   Nicholson, Stephen P ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84891768883     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nft032     Document Type: Article

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