Power, sex, and violence: A psychological reconstruction of the 20th century and an intellectual agenda for political psychology

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 383-404

  Winter, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Group differences; Power; Sex; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195016     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00194     Document Type: Article

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