Pulling Closer and Moving Apart: Interaction, Identity, and Influence in the U.S. Senate, 1973 to 2009

American Sociological Review

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 192-217

  Liu, Christopher C ^a   Srivastava, Sameer B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ideology; polarization; political networks; social identity; social influence; social networks

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84922274658     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414564182     Document Type: Article

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