Political Emotions: A Role for Feelings of Affinity in Citizens’ (Dis)Engagements with Electoral Politics?

Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 698-714

  Manning, Nathan ^a   Holmes, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affinity; agency; emotional reflexivity; emotions; feelings; political (dis)engagement; politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908700665     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: 14698684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038513500103     Document Type: Article

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