How Americans perceive foreign policy threats: A magnitude scaling analysis

Political Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-126

  Sulfaro, Valerie A ^a   Crislip, Mark N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Foreign policy; Hostility; Public opinion; Threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031081918     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00047     Document Type: Article

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