Affect, not ideology: A social identity perspective on polarization

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-431

  Iyengar, Shanto ^a   Sood, Gaurav ^b   Lelkes, Yphtach ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84867412129     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfs038     Document Type: Review

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