The Fate of Obamacare: Racial Resentment, Ethnocentrism and Attitudes about Healthcare Reform

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 293-304

  Maxwell, Angie ^a   Shields, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnocentrism; Healthcare reform; Racial Resentment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919644810     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-014-9130-5     Document Type: Article

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