Interpersonal environment effects on political preferences: The "Middle Path" for conceptualizing social structure in New Zealand and Japan

Political Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-212

  Liu, James H ^a   Ikeda, Ken'ichi ^b   Wilson, Marc Stewart ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032222280     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024822606323     Document Type: Article

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