Authoritarianism and political impoverishment: Deficits in knowledge and civic disinterest

Political Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-112

  Peterson, Bill E ^a   Duncan, Lauren E ^a   Pang, Joyce S ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Interest in politics; Political knowledge; RWA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036489084     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00272     Document Type: Article

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