The political personality of Japan: An inquiry into the belief systems of diet members

Political Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 657-682

  Feldman, Ofer ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Belief systems; Dogmatism; Ideological orientations; Japanese Diet members; Party affiliation; Political personality; Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale; Sociocultural aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030364731     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3792132     Document Type: Article

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