When can politicians scare citizens into supporting bad policies?

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-106

  Lupia, Arthur ^a,b   Menning, Jesse O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Institute for Social Research

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EID: 58049159803     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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