Economic Voting and the “Symbolic Politics” Argument: A Reinterpretation and Synthesis

American Political Science Review

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 158-174

  Stephen Weatherford, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84974108214     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1956017     Document Type: Article

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