Public Option Versus the Market: Perceived Value Violations Drive Opposition to Healthcare Reform

Political Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-66

  Wetherell, Geoffrey ^a   Reyna, Christine ^a   Sadler, Melody ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Big government; Conservative ideology; Healthcare; Healthcare reform; Stereotypes; Value violation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872812994     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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