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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
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bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin
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bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin
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