Disagreement, Ambivalence, and Engagement: The Political Consequences of Heterogeneous Networks

Political Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-95

  Huckfeldt, Robert ^a   Mendez, Jeanette Morehouse ^b   Osborn, Tracy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Disagreement; Networks; Political communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342347385     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00357.x     Document Type: Review

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