Obama on the Stump: Features and Determinants of a Rhetorical Approach

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-413

  Coe, Kevin ^a   Reitzes, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 85050831601     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2010.03777.x     Document Type: Article

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