The American public mind: The issues structure of mass politics in the postwar United States

The American Public Mind: The Issues Structure of Mass Politics in the Postwar United States

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-295

  Claggett, William J M ^a   Shafer, Byron E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511816420     Document Type: Book

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