Whites’ Opposition to “Busing”: Self-interest or Symbolic Politics?

American Political Science Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 369-384

  Sears, David O ^a   Hensler, Carl P ^a   Speer, Leslie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84971730892     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1954885     Document Type: Article

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