More than Ideology: Conservative-Liberal Identity and Receptivity to Political Cues

Social Justice Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-188

  Malka, Ariel ^a   Lelkes, Yphtach ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Identity; Ideology; Liberalism; Political attitudes; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955843407     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-010-0114-3     Document Type: Article

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