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8 - How liberalsand conservatives are alike and apart: a research autobiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Lene Arnett Jensen
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Clark University, Massachusetts
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Moral Development in a Global World
Research from a Cultural-Developmental Perspective
, pp. 170 - 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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