Group identity and conflicting expectations of the future in Northern Ireland

Political Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 875-896

  Leach, Colin Wayne ^a   Williams, Wendy R ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Collective self esteem; Conflict; Group identity; Northern Ireland; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033259298     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00171     Document Type: Article

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