Efficacy, emotions and the habit of participation

Political Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-330

  Valentino, Nicholas A ^a   Gregorowicz, Krysha ^b   Groenendyk, Eric W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Efficacy; Emotions; Habit; Participation; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449101083     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-008-9076-7     Document Type: Article

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