Expertise, evaluative motivation, and the structure of citizens' ideological commitments

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-561

  Federico, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude structure; Ideology; Need to evaluate; Political expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548401717     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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