Race and Responsiveness: An Experiment with South African Politicians

Journal of Experimental Political Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 60-74

  McClendon, Gwyneth H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; ethics; ethnicity; Field experiment; political representation; race; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994088720     PISSN: 20522630     EISSN: 20522649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/XPS.2015.10     Document Type: Article

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