Intersubjective cultural representations predicting behaviour: The case of political culture and voting

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 260-273

  Wan, Ching ^a   Tam, Kim Pong ^c   Chiu, Chi Yue ^b,d  

^a Divisions of Psychology ^*  (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Intersubjective representation; Political culture; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349239987     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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