Linking cause and solution: Predicting support for poverty alleviation proposals

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-28

  Hastie, Brianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attributions; Political attitudes; Poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950904117     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060903469008     Document Type: Article

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