National symbols as agents of psychological and social change

Political Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 779-804

  Butz, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Flags; Identification; National symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249124200     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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