Does Biology Justify Ideology? The Politics of Genetic Attribution.

Conventional wisdom suggests that political conservatives are more likely than liberals to endorse genetic explanations for many human characteristics and behaviors. Whether and to what extent this is true has received surprisingly limited systematic attention. We examine evidence from a large U.S....

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Published in:	Public Opinion Quarterly Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 497 - 522
Main Authors:	Suhay, Elizabeth, Jayaratne, Toby Epstein
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Mar2013
Subjects:	United States Political doctrines Genetics Public opinion Socioeconomics Equality Sexual orientation Class differences Racial differences
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost