Civic talk and civic participation: The moderating effect of individual predispositions

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 856-878

  Klofstad, Casey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Matching methods; Political discussion; Political participation; Political predispositions; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249086636     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X09333960     Document Type: Article

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