Why and How Psychology Matters

The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  McGraw, Kathleen M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual effects; Contextual political analysis; Human behaviour; Kurt Lewin; Person situation controversy; Political phenomena; Psychology; Situational forces; Theory development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066587893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199270439.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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