The role of moral emotions in predicting support for political actions in post-war Iraq

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-255

  Pagano, Sabrina J ^a   Huo, Yuen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Iraq; Justice; Moral emotions; Political attitudes; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847665635     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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