Voting for Our Story: A Narrative Model of Electoral Choice in Multiparty Systems

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-338

  Sheafer, Tamir ^a   Shenhav, Shaul R ^a   Goldstein, Kenneth ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Israel; multiparty system; narrative identity; narrative proximity; national stories; voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455256398     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010384372     Document Type: Article

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