The Rise of Uncivil Agreement: Issue Versus Behavioral Polarization in the American Electorate

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-159

  Mason, Lilliana ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

identity; partisanship; polarization; sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870451787     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212463363     Document Type: Article

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