THE AMATEUR DEMOCRAT IN AMERICAN POLITICS

1962/09/01 by James Q. Wilson · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #American Political and Social Dynamics

paper · doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a053964

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Abstract

THE AMATEUR DEMOCRAT IN AMERICAN POLITICS Get access James Q. Wilson James Q. Wilson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume XVI, Issue 1, September 1962, Pages 73–86, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a053964 Published: 01 September 1962

Discussions

• Final thought for the work week. The “amateur Democrat” was a major source of institutional change in the mid-20th century. I keep finding traces as I study state/local political dev. doi.org/10.1093/ [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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