The social logic of political choice: Picking a political party in the context of immediate social circles

Politische Vierteljahresschrift

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-649

  Zuckerman, Alan S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Partisanship; Political choices; Rational choice theory; Social learning; Social logic of politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149085201     PISSN: 00323470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11615-007-0125-3     Document Type: Note

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