Deserving to Whom? Investigating Heterogeneity in the Impact of Social Constructions of Target Populations on Support for Affirmative Action.
The social construction of target populations has emerged as an influential framework for understanding the public policy process. In particular, target populations have been shown to shape the allocation of benefits and burdens by political elites. However, existing studies focus on the elite level...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 268 - 300 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2021
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