Bridging the ideological divide: Trust and support for Social Security Privatization

Political Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-351

  Rudolph, Thomas J ^a   Popp, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Political trust; Privatization; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449086643     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-008-9078-5     Document Type: Article

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