'Everybody's entitled to their own opinion': Ideological dilemmas of liberal individualism and active citizenship

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-140

  Condor, Susan ^a   Gibson, Stephen ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Ideological dilemmas; National identity; Political expertise; Political participation; Public opinion; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947677673     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.885     Document Type: Article

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