Assessing the Validity of Enns and Koch’s Measure of State Policy Mood

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 425-435

  Berry, William D ^a   Ringquist, Evan J ^b   Fording, Richard C ^c   Hanson, Russell L ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

democratic theory; ideology; issue preferences; public opinion; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945371886     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440015575690     Document Type: Article

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