Pluralistic ignorance and political correctness: The case of affirmative action

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 267-276

  Van Boven, Leaf ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Pluralistic ignorance; Political correctness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195009     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00187     Document Type: Article

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