Emotional barriers to peace: Emotions and public opinion of Jewish Israelis about the peace process in the middle east

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-45

  Halperin, Eran ^a  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MODELING; PATH ANALYSIS; PEACE PROCESS; PEACEKEEPING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 79251549846     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10781919.2010.487862     Document Type: Article

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