Public opinion reaction to repeated events: Citizen response to multiple supreme court abortion decisions

Political Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-112

  Brickman, Danette ^a   Peterson, David A M ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Attitude change; Public opinion; Supreme Court

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744960182     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-005-9003-0     Document Type: Article

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