Explaining Differing Democratic Norm Commitment: Rethinking the Religion-Psychological Security-Democratic Norm Support Connection

The psychological security index is an important predictor of democratic norm support. However, insufficient attention has been paid to the separate but independent contributions of dogmatism, self-esteem, and trust, the three components typically combined to create that index. Thus, we do not know...

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Authors: Eisenstein, Marie A. (Author) ; Clark, April K. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2017]
In: Politics and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 753-785
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