The political consequences of perceived threat and felt insecurity

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 614, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-153

  Huddy, Leonie ^a   Feldman, Stanley ^a,b,c   Weber, Christopher ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Political Science Association   (United States)

^c Board of Overseers for the American National Election Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Public opinion; Security; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348843385     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207305951     Document Type: Article

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