Politics in the mind's eye: Imagination as a link between social and political cognition

American Political Science Review

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-293

  Petersen, Michael Bang ^a   Aarøe, Lene ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84877962029     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055413000026     Document Type: Article

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