Political ideology in American politics: One, two, or none?

Forum (Germany)

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Carmines, Edward G ^a   Ensley, Michael J ^b   Wagner, Michael W ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Measurement; Polarization; Political parties; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879386309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15408884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1540-8884.1526     Document Type: Article

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