Moral support: How moral values shape foreign policy attitudes

Journal of Politics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 825-840

  Kertzer, Joshua D ^a   Powers, Kathleen E ^b   Rathbun, Brian C ^c   Iyer, Ravi ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84903732794     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381614000073     Document Type: Article

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