Ethnic identity, legitimizing ideologies, and social status: A matter of ideological asymmetry

Political Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 373-404

  Levin, Shana ^a   Sidanius, Jim ^a   Rabinowitz, Joshua L ^a   Federico, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Group status; Ideology; Intergroup relations; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032081309     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00109     Document Type: Article

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