Perceived threat and authoritarianism

Political Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 741-770

  Feldman, Stanley ^a   Stenner, Karen ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Prejudice; Punitiveness; Societal threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031283917     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00077     Document Type: Article

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