Culture, society, and the individual: Cross-cultural political psychology in Japan

Political Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 327-353

  Feldman, Ofer ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; News media effects; Nihonjinron; Party identification; Political personality; Political socialization; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031512678     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00060     Document Type: Article

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