Confidence in government and emotional responses to terrorism after September 11, 2001

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-128

  Gross, Kimberly ^a   Brewer, Paul R ^b   Aday, Sean ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Anxiety; Confidence in government; Public opinion; September 11; Terrorism; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649242620     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08319954     Document Type: Article

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