Political distrust: The seed and fruit of popular empowerment

Power, Politics, and Paranoia: Why People are Suspicious of their Leaders

Volumn 9781107035805, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-129

  Zeineddine, Fouad Bou ^a   Pratto, Felicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84923400932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139565417.010     Document Type: Chapter

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