Moving a Mountain: The Extraordinary Trajectory of Same-Sex Marriage Approval in the United States

Socius

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Michael J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

public opinion; same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060125268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23780231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2378023117727658     Document Type: Article

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