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Liberals and conservatives: Non-convertible currencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

John R. Hibbing ,
Kevin B. Smith  and
John R. Alford
John R. Hibbing
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588. jhibbing@unl.edu ksmith1@unl.edu http://www.unl.edu/polphyslab/ http://kevinbsmith.com/wp/
Kevin B. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588. jhibbing@unl.edu ksmith1@unl.edu http://www.unl.edu/polphyslab/ http://kevinbsmith.com/wp/
John R. Alford
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892. jra@rice.edu http://politicalscience.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=56
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Abstract

Duarte et al. are correct that the social science enterprise would improve on several fronts if the number of politically conservative researchers were to increase; however, because they misunderstand the degree to which liberals and conservatives are dispositionally different, they fail to appreciate the full range of reasons that conservatives are reluctant to enter the modern social sciences.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e145
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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