Does Policy Adoption Change Opinions on Minority Rights? The Effects of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 795-808

  Kreitzer, Rebecca J ^a   Hamilton, Allison J ^b   Tolbert, Caroline J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

judicial politics; LGBT; morality policy; policy feedback; policy responsiveness; public opinion; same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924324653     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: 1938274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912914540483     Document Type: Article

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