The polls-review: Mass polarization: Manifestations and measurements

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue Specialissue1, 2016, Pages 392-410

  Lelkes, Yphtach ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85007082707     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfw005     Document Type: Review

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