Research ArticleIII. Political Participation and Partisanship
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Incorporation of Latino Immigrants into the American Party System
David O. Sears, Felix Danbold, Vanessa M. Zavala
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences June 2016, 2 (3) 183-204; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.3.10
David O. Sears
aDistinguished professor of psychology and political science at the University of California, Los Angeles
Felix Danbold
bDoctoral candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles
Vanessa M. Zavala
cDoctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles

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David O. Sears, Felix Danbold, Vanessa M. Zavala
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