Material welfare and changing political preferences: The case of support for redistributive social policies

Social Forces

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1087-1113

  Owens, Lindsay A ^a   Pedulla, David S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893620247     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sot101     Document Type: Article

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