Story Coalitions: Applying Narrative Theory to the Study of Coalition Formation

Political Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 661-678

  Shenhav, Shaul R ^a   Oshri, Odelia ^a   Ofek, Dganit ^b   Sheafer, Tamir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Israel; Narrative; Narrative analysis; Narrative theory; National stories; Political narratives; Story coalitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925300553     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12072     Document Type: Article

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