Beyond identity politics: Moral psychology and the 2008 democratic primary

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 293-306

  Iyer, Ravi ^a   Graham, Jesse ^b   Koleva, Spassena ^c   Ditto, Peter ^c   Haidt, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; MORALITY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650092226     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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