Go with the flow or fight the power? The interactive effects of social dominance orientation and perceived injustice on support for the status quo

Political Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Rabinowitz, Joshua L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Group status; Ideological asymmetry; Ideology; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033084301     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00135     Document Type: Article

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