Personal political salience: The role of personality in collective identity and action

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-164

  Duncan, Lauren E ^a   Stewart, Abigail J ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist consciousness; Personal political salience; Political participation; Politicized collective identity; Race consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847683404     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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