Pulling Toward or Pulling Away: Deliberation, Disagreement, and Opinion Extremity in Political Participation

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-225

  Wojcieszak, Magdalena ^a  

^a IE UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

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EID: 79551645336     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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