The Origins and Meaning of Liberal/Conservative Self-Identifications

1981/11/01 by Pamela Johnston Conover, Stanley Feldman · 624 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Epistemology #Meaning (existential) #Philosophy #Political Philosophy and Ethics #Political Theory and Influence #Political science #Populism, Right-Wing Movements #Psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.2307/2110756

published in American Journal of Political Science 25(4), 617 (Wiley)

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