National threat and political culture: Authoritarianism, antiauthoritarianism, and the september 11 attacks

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-194

  Perrin, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Discourse; September 11, 2001; Terrorism; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644394800     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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