Compassionate politics: Support for old-age programs among the non-elderly

Political Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 443-471

  Huddy, Leonie ^a   Jones, Jeffrey M ^c   Chard, Richard E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Old age policies; Pro social attitudes; Public opinion; Self interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035599056     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00249     Document Type: Article

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