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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
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Felix Danbold
bDoctoral candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles
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Vanessa M. Zavala
cDoctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles
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