The motives-ideology connection among political party activists

Political Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-524

  Costantini, Edmond ^a   Valenty, Linda O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Political activists; Political ambitions; Political ideology; Political motives; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030520911     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3791966     Document Type: Article

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