Political polarization in the American public

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 563-588

  Fiorina, Morris P ^a   Abrams, Samuel J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture war; Elite polarization; Mass polarization; Party sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549116611     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.053106.153836     Document Type: Article

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