Public Support for Campaign Finance Reform: The Role of Policy Narratives, Cultural Predispositions, and Political Knowledge in Collective Policy Preference Formation

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 216-230

  Jorgensen, Paul D ^a   Song, Geoboo ^b   Jones, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85012931313     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12357     Document Type: Article

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