Defining Public Will

Politics and Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-130

  Raile, Eric D ^a   Raile, Amber N W ^b   Salmon, Charles T ^c   Post, Lori Ann ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective Action; Conceptual Variable; Democratic Citizenship; Firearm Control; Firearms; Government Accountability; Gun Violence; Policy Analysis; Policy Theory; Political Participation; Public Will

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896499805     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/polp.12063     Document Type: Article

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