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McCarthyism: a standalone construct

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Political science

the early Cold War campaign against suspected communists and how far repression stemmed from mass versus elite intolerance.

In political science, McCarthyism refers to the early Cold War campaign against suspected communists and how far repression stemmed from mass versus elite intolerance. This meaning comes from Gibson (1988) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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Gibson, J. L. (1988). Political Intolerance and Political Repression During the McCarthy Red Scare. American Political Science Review, 82(2), 511-529. https://doi.org/10.2307/1957398

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