Alternative Measures of American National Identity: Implications for the Civic-Ethnic Distinction

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-482

  Wright, Matthew ^a   Citrin, Jack ^b   Wand, Jonathan ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic identity; Ethnic identity; National identity; Pubic opinion; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864054000     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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