Opening "Openness to Change": Political Events and the Increased Sensitivity of Young Adults

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 868-882

  Dinas, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudinal change; impressionable years; political events; political learning; Watergate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887510448     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912913475874     Document Type: Article

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