Ideological Asymmetries and the Essence of Political Psychology

Political Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 167-208

  Jost, John T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conservatism; liberalism; motivated social cognition; political ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015322577     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12407     Document Type: Article

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