Asked and answered: Knowledge levels when we will not take "don't know" for an answer

Political Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-224

  Mondak, Jeffery J ^a   Davis, Belinda Creel ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Don't know"; Citizen competence; Effects; Political knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035457213     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015015227594     Document Type: Article

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