A greement and disagreement in group deliberation: Effects on deliberation satisfaction, future engagement, and decision legitimacy

Political Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-192

  Stromer Galley, Jenifer ^a   Muhlberger, Peter ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Attitude strength; Deliberation; Deliberation satisfaction; Political disagreement; Political motivation; Stealth democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449591727     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600902850775     Document Type: Article

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