Politics of god or politics of man? the role of religion and deprivation in predicting support for political violence in Israel

Political Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 499-521

  Zaidise, Eran ^a   Canetti Nisim, Daphna ^a   Pedahzur, Ami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34548441146     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2007.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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