Authoritarianism and polarization in American politics

Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-234

  Hetherington, Marc J ^a   Weiler, Jonathan D ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511802331     Document Type: Book

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