The intergroup dynamics of collective empowerment: Substantiating the social identity model of crowd behavior

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-402

  Drury, John ^a   Reicher, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective action; Intergroup dynamics; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007446018     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430299024005     Document Type: Article

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