When Threat Mobilizes: Immigration Enforcement and Latino Voter Turnout

Political Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 355-382

  White, Ariel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Latino; Mobilization; Threat; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941702513     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-015-9317-5     Document Type: Article

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