'Just thinking:' Attitude development, public opinion, and political representation

Political Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-378

  Turgeon, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude formation; Political psychology; Political representation; Public opinion; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449117454     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-008-9079-4     Document Type: Article

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