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Assessing the Political Distinctiveness of White Millennials: How Race and Generation Shape Racial and Political Attitudes in a Changing America
Deborah J. Schildkraut, Satia A. Marotta
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences August 2018, 4 (5) 158-187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.5.08
Deborah J. Schildkraut
aProfessor of political science at Tufts University
Satia A. Marotta
bPhD in psychology at Tufts University in 2017
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Deborah J. Schildkraut, Satia A. Marotta
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Aug 2018, 4 (5) 158-187; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.5.08
Assessing the Political Distinctiveness of White Millennials: How Race and Generation Shape Racial and Political Attitudes in a Changing America
Deborah J. Schildkraut, Satia A. Marotta
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Aug 2018, 4 (5) 158-187; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.5.08
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