Sowing patriotism, but reaping nationalism? Consequences of exposure to the American flag

Political Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 859-879

  Kemmelmeier, Markus ^a   Winter, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

American flag; Authoritarianism; Cultural reproduction; Nationalism; Patriotism; Priming; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949087572     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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