Support for diplomacy: Peacemaking and militarism as a unidimensional correlate of social, environmental, and political attitudes

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-57

  Vail III, Kenneth E ^a   Motyl, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; ELECTION; ETHNOPOLITICS; FOREIGN POLICY; MILITARY APPLICATION; PEACE PROCESS; PEACEKEEPING; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR; WAR;

IRAN;

EID: 77951197227     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10781910903486813     Document Type: Article

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