Cultural value orientations and christian religiosity: On moral traditionalism, authoritarianism, and their implications for voting behavior

International Political Science Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-467

  De Koster, Willem ^a   Van Der Waal, Jeroen ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Christian religiosity; Cultural conservatism; Moral traditionalism; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348888912     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512107079636     Document Type: Article

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