Psychological needs and values underlying left-right political orientation: Cross-national evidence from Eastern and Western Europe

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-203

  Thorisdottir, Hulda ^a   Jost, John T ^a   Liviatan, Ido ^a   Shrout, Patrick E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34250893100     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfm008     Document Type: Article

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