Fictitious issues revisited: Political interest, knowledge and the generation of nonattitudes

Political Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-84

  Sturgis, Patrick ^a   Smith, Patten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ipsos MORI ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74049135708     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2008.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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