The personalization of politics: Lessons from the Italian case

European Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-172

  Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Schwartz, Shalom H ^b   Vecchione, Michele ^a   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Politics; Traits; Values; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249090071     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.13.3.157     Document Type: Article

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