Desensitizing Herbert Blumer's work on race relations: Recent applications of his group position theory to the study of contemporary race prejudice

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-410

  Esposito, Luigi ^a   Murphy, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033240080     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1999.tb01726.x     Document Type: Article

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