Forming impressions of political leaders: A cross-national comparison

Political Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 345-368

  Pancer, S Mark ^a   Brown, Steven D ^a   Barr, Cathy Widdis ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison of leader impressions; Leader impressions; Political cognition; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033137485     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00148     Document Type: Article

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