LIBERALS, CONSERVATIVES, AND LATIN AMERICA: How Ideology Divides Americans over Immigration and Foreign Aid.
Based on an original US survey, this article argues that, on average, US conservatives today feel substantially cooler toward Latin American countries than liberals do. They also desire massively tougher Mexico border policies and much less foreign aid than liberals do. Averages can hide substantial...
| Publicado en: | Latin American Research Review Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 23 - 47 |
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Cambridge University Press
2016
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