Research ArticleII. The Social Dimensions of Political Engagement
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Religion and the Political Engagement of Latino Immigrants: Bridging Capital or Segmented Religious Assimilation?
David L. Leal, Jerod Patterson, Joe R. Tafoya
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences June 2016, 2 (3) 125-146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.3.07
David L. Leal
aProfessor of government at the University of Texas at Austin
Jerod Patterson
bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin
Joe R. Tafoya
bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin

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